Temporary (ugly) workaround: run pdftops and then ps2pdf on all PDFs exported by OpenOffice.org. This typically reduces the file size by more than an order of magnitude (eg. 600K to 30K)
pdffonts output of OpenOffice.org PDF: name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- --------- NimbusSanL-Bold Type 1 yes no yes 34 0 NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal Type 1 yes no yes 19 0 NimbusRomNo9L-Regu Type 1 yes no yes 14 0 NimbusRomNo9L-MediItal Type 1 yes no yes 29 0 NimbusRomNo9L-Medi Type 1 yes no yes 24 0 NimbusSanL-Regu Type 1 yes no yes 9 0 pdffonts after running pdftops and ps2pdf: name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- --------- ETTNZF+NimbusRomNo9L-ReguItal Type 1C yes yes no 10 0 GWDFFB+NimbusRomNo9L-Regu Type 1C yes yes no 12 0 CCYIAY+NimbusRomNo9L-MediItal Type 1C yes yes no 14 0 LDYHXQ+NimbusRomNo9L-Medi Type 1C yes yes no 16 0 KRJDZQ+NimbusSanL-Regu Type 1C yes yes no 18 0 OMPJCD+NimbusSanL-Bold Type 1C yes yes no 8 0 -- PDF export size massive growth - font embedding? https://launchpad.net/bugs/54415 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
