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@@ -62,56 +62,56 @@ Installation uses the [npm](http://npmjs.org/) package manager.  Just type the f
 
 ## Example
 
-```coffeescript
-PDFDocument = require 'pdfkit'
+```javascript
+const PDFDocument = require('pdfkit');
 
-# Create a document
-doc = new PDFDocument
+// Create a document
+const doc = new PDFDocument;
 
-# Pipe its output somewhere, like to a file or HTTP response
-# See below for browser usage
-doc.pipe fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf')
+// Pipe its output somewhere, like to a file or HTTP response
+// See below for browser usage
+doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf'));
 
-# Embed a font, set the font size, and render some text
+// Embed a font, set the font size, and render some text
 doc.font('fonts/PalatinoBold.ttf')
    .fontSize(25)
-   .text('Some text with an embedded font!', 100, 100)
+   .text('Some text with an embedded font!', 100, 100);
 
-# Add an image, constrain it to a given size, and center it vertically and horizontally
+// Add an image, constrain it to a given size, and center it vertically and horizontally
 doc.image('path/to/image.png', {
    fit: [250, 300],
    align: 'center',
    valign: 'center'
 });
 
-# Add another page
+// Add another page
 doc.addPage()
    .fontSize(25)
-   .text('Here is some vector graphics...', 100, 100)
+   .text('Here is some vector graphics...', 100, 100);
 
-# Draw a triangle
+// Draw a triangle
 doc.save()
    .moveTo(100, 150)
    .lineTo(100, 250)
    .lineTo(200, 250)
-   .fill("#FF3300")
+   .fill("#FF3300");
 
-# Apply some transforms and render an SVG path with the 'even-odd' fill rule
+// Apply some transforms and render an SVG path with the 'even-odd' fill rule
 doc.scale(0.6)
    .translate(470, -380)
    .path('M 250,75 L 323,301 131,161 369,161 177,301 z')
    .fill('red', 'even-odd')
-   .restore()
+   .restore();
 
-# Add some text with annotations
+// Add some text with annotations
 doc.addPage()
    .fillColor("blue")
    .text('Here is a link!', 100, 100)
-   .underline(100, 100, 160, 27, color: "#0000FF")
-   .link(100, 100, 160, 27, 'http://google.com/')
+   .underline(100, 100, 160, 27, {color: "#0000FF"})
+   .link(100, 100, 160, 27, 'http://google.com/');
 
-# Finalize PDF file
-doc.end()
+// Finalize PDF file
+doc.end();
 ```
 
 [The PDF output from this example](http://pdfkit.org/demo/out.pdf) (with a few additions) shows the power of PDFKit — producing
@@ -133,28 +133,29 @@ module.
 The following example uses Browserify to load `PDFKit` and `blob-stream`, but if you're not using Browserify,
 you can load them in whatever way you'd like (e.g. script tags).
 
-```coffeescript
-# require dependencies
-PDFDocument = require 'pdfkit'
-blobStream  = require 'blob-stream'
+```javascript
+// require dependencies
+const PDFDocument = require('pdfkit');
+const blobStream  = require('blob-stream');
 
-# create a document the same way as above
-doc = new PDFDocument
+// create a document the same way as above
+const doc = new PDFDocument;
 
-# pipe the document to a blob
-stream = doc.pipe(blobStream())
+// pipe the document to a blob
+const stream = doc.pipe(blobStream());
 
-# add your content to the document here, as usual
+// add your content to the document here, as usual
 
-# get a blob when you're done
-doc.end()
-stream.on 'finish', ->
-  # get a blob you can do whatever you like with
-  blob = stream.toBlob('application/pdf')
+// get a blob when you're done
+doc.end();
+stream.on('finish', function() {
+  // get a blob you can do whatever you like with
+  const blob = stream.toBlob('application/pdf');
 
-  # or get a blob URL for display in the browser
-  url = stream.toBlobURL('application/pdf')
-  iframe.src = url
+  // or get a blob URL for display in the browser
+  const url = stream.toBlobURL('application/pdf');
+  iframe.src = url;
+});
 ```
 
 You can see an interactive in-browser demo of PDFKit [here](http://pdfkit.org/demo/browser.html).