Re: Repeated embedded fonts in PDF documentation

[Carl Sorensen]

On 3/23/11 10:24 PM, "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden> wrote:

>> If I open the one of the manuals in Acrobat (full version) and
>> select the Reduce File Size option from the Document menu, which
>> consolidates fonts, then when that eventually finishes - depending
>> on file size, it can take many hours to complete - I find that the
>> size of the PDF file has been reduced by 40-50%.
> 
> Another possibility is `pdfsizeopt', which does an even better job, I
> believe, since it specialized for handling TeX files.
> 
>   http://code.google.com/p/pdfsizeopt/
> 
> Unfortunately, due to copyright reasons, it is impossible to
> incorporate it into lilypond's workflow of creating the manuals.
> However, maybe someone can set up a postprocessing stage so that the
> online versions of the PDF manuals get reduced in size which would be
> beneficial for both the user and the hoster, reducing the bandwidth.
> 

I just tried using pdfsizeopt without pngout, jbig2, or multivalent, and got
about a 25% reduction in the size of the Notation Reference pdf.

The Notation Reference took about 45 seconds to process on my MacBook Pro.

Carl