Hi, I learned that gropdf in general tends to create larger files than a combination of groff and Ghostscript (ps2pdf):
groff -Tps test.tr | ps2pdf - test.pdf → 18K groff -t -Tpdf test.tr > test.pdf → 313K This holds true even when pdf is specified as groff's output device and the output is then piped to ps2pdf: groff -Tpdf test.tr | ps2pdf - test.pdf → 19K The results above are based on a single-page file set in an Open Type font I added to groff. But today I came across an interesting effect with the standard fonts (results for H, similar for T etc): groff -Tps test.tr | ps2pdf - test.pdf → 13K groff -t -Tpdf test.tr > test.pdf → 12K groff -Tpdf test.tr | ps2pdf - test.pdf → 2.6M Why is gropdf more efficient than groff+Ghostscript with the standard fonts – and why does groff create such gargantuan files for the PDF output device when coupled with ps2pdf? - Jan
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