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pdf2md returns an empty markdown for some files in Japanese #100

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pdf2md returns an empty markdown for the following file: tax_template.pdf

However, https://pdf2md.morethan.io/ (https://github.com/jzillmann/pdf-to-markdown) manages to read the PDF file and convert it to markdown.

To Reproduce

import pdf2md from '@opendocsg/pdf2md';
import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';

const file = readFileSync('tax_template.pdf');
const markdownText = await pdf2md(file);
console.log('markdownText', markdownText);
writeFileSync('tax_template.md', markdownText);

Expected behavior

pdf2md returns a non empty markdown, like https://pdf2md.morethan.io/

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OS: macOS 15.3.2
node.js v20.18.1
pdf2md 0.2.1

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