On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 1:15 PM Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
> > It is possible to avoid this waste by using a > > graphics package implemented in pure TEX (such > > as TikZ) or using METAPOST (for which there is > > special support in dvips, dvipdfm(x) and pdfTEX to > > avoid font and glyph duplication). The package ps- > > frag doesn’t suffer from this problem either if the > > EPS files don’t contain any fonts embedded. > > *There is no need to pay attention to this tweak, > > because pdfsizeopt.py unifies font subsets.* > > I haven't tried it and don't want to (this topic is too emotional for me > right now), but if anyone is interested in reducing the size of doc PDFs when > generated with the Cairo backend, this tool could be worth exploring. See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2023-01/msg00094.html You could only use this tool if you did some serious refactoring of the Cairo PDF generation. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanw...@gmail.com - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
