Tino Schwarze wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 11:11:00PM -0700, Michael Eager wrote: > > >>>>If I turn off text compression, the size of the PDF is >>>>much larger, about 25 times the size of the Scribus file. >>>> >>>>Any suggestions on what causes this or how to correct >>>>these problems? >>>> >>> >>>Scribus generates very large PDFs to make sure that every detail is as >>>expected. >> >>It seems extraordinarily large. It's a distinct disadvantage >>compared to files generated by other programs. Documents which >>take a long time to download or print are less desirable. >> >>Documents which don't print are even less desirable. :-) > > > What's the resolution of your pictures (they're not part of the .sla > file, they are only referenced therein)?
Most figures are text frames. There's only one SVG graphic. No pictures. > You could try to convert the PDF to PS using pdftops from xpdf. The resulting PS file truely huge, about 12x the PDF. It doesn't print either. There's a large number of "curveto" operations in the PS file, as if instead of printing letters from a font, it was drawing each letter separately. I don't see any text in the PS file. -- Michael Eager eager at eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077
