>> groff -P -y -P U -Tpdf z.tr > z.pdf > > Ah, no mention of Times, and Nimbus embedded. It's a big file though, > ~120,000 bytes compared with ~4,000 if -Tps and ps2pdf is used to also > embed Nimbus. I guess the latter picks just certain runes?
gropdf is very simple; it doesn't subset fonts. To get a small output file you should use GhostScript: ps2pdf z.pdf z-optimized.pdf This reduces the PDF file size to ~4kByte. > Presuambly, troff has used Times' metrics before that? Yes. They should be fully compatible, IIRC. Werner