[tex-live] huge pdflatex output
Reinhard Kotucha
reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Tue Aug 21 00:19:14 CEST 2018
On 2018-08-20 at 15:11:41 -0400, Bob Tennent wrote:
>
> When I compile alegreya-samples.tex in various ways,
> pdflatex output is far bigger than the others:
>
> pdflatex: 1050181
> latex -> dvips -> ps2pdf: 167851
> latex -> dvipdfmx: 117938
> xelatex: 113159
>
> Apparently this is a relatively new phenomenon. Does anyone
> know why? Similar results with other font families.
pdftex simply creates subsets of Type 1 fonts while all other
programs convert them to either Type 1C (aka Compact Font Format)
or to CID Type 0C.
The problem is that Type 1 fonts are encrypted and it's impossible to
compress random numbers efficiently.
You can also try
pdflatex alegreya-samples.tex
ps2pdf alegreya-samples.pdf alegreya-samples-gs.pdf
Regards,
Reinhard
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