Re: Replace `-dgs-load-fonts' to `--bigpdfs' in lilypond-book (issue 300280043 by address@hidden)

[dak]

On 2016/06/14 13:20:48, trueroad wrote:
> > Mhmm.  As James writes, this can easily break.

> My proposal never change the font selection method.

> It changes the font embedding method for intermediate EPS.

> Current "make doc" works as follows:

> For all fonts, the font file name is embedded.
> In other words, the font glyphs are not embedded.
> So EPS file size can be small.

> My proposal works as follows:

> For "LilyPond fonts", the font file name is embedded.
> For other fonts, the font glyphs are embedded.
> In other words, most fonts file name is embedded. (Emmentaler and TeX
Gyre)
> The glyphs of few fonts are embedded. (e.g. Linux Libertine etc.)
> So EPS file size does not almost increase.

> Either way, intermediate and final PDF is embedded subset fonts in the
same way.

> I think that my proposal is temporary solution.

> It can solve the problem that lilypond-book can not use OTC fonts.
> In other words, "make doc" can use OTC fonts.
> Required disk space for "make doc" does not almost increase.

> If quickly the ideal can be achieved, my proposal is not required.

We are currently using about 4GB of disk space for building in spite of
-dgs-load-fonts being used.  Embedding/subsetting non-LilyPond fonts
seems like a plausible step but would further increase disk usage.  Does
anybody have an idea _why_ we currently use so much disk space even
while using -dgs-load-fonts and how we could get this under control?

https://codereview.appspot.com/300280043/