Repeated embedded fonts in PDF documentation

2011-03-23 Thread Nick Payne
When I look at the metadata for the PDF versions of the documentation, it shows hundreds and hundreds of embedded fonts. Or more correctly, it shows subsets of the same fonts embedded, in some cases, hundreds of times over. For example, open the 2.13.55 NR in Adobe Reader, and go to the Fonts

Re: Repeated embedded fonts in PDF documentation

2011-03-23 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> When I look at the metadata for the PDF versions of the > documentation, it shows hundreds and hundreds of embedded fonts. Or > more correctly, it shows subsets of the same fonts embedded, in some > cases, hundreds of times over. LilyPond creates many, many small PDF files which are eventually

Re: Repeated embedded fonts in PDF documentation

2011-03-24 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 3/23/11 10:24 PM, "Werner LEMBERG" 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 compl

Re: Repeated embedded fonts in PDF documentation

2011-03-24 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I just tried using pdfsizeopt without pngout, jbig2, or multivalent, > and got about a 25% reduction in the size of the Notation Reference > pdf. Better than nothing, actually. However, the `multivalent' part is the real optimization engine (and this is exactly the problematic bit w.r.t. the l

Re: Repeated embedded fonts in PDF documentation

2011-03-24 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I setup pdfsizeopt, including multivalent, and ran the 2.13.55 docs > through it, then created a PDF portfolio with an embedded index > using Acrobat. The end result was a 34.8MB file containing > > extending.pdf > internals.pdf > learning.pdf > notation.pdf > snippets.pdf > usage.pdf > web.pdf

Re: Repeated embedded fonts in PDF documentation

2011-03-24 Thread Nick Payne
On 24/03/11 19:35, Werner LEMBERG wrote: I just tried using pdfsizeopt without pngout, jbig2, or multivalent, and got about a 25% reduction in the size of the Notation Reference pdf. Better than nothing, actually. However, the `multivalent' part is the real optimization engine (and this is exac