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<DIV><FONT size=2>I am using MiKTeX under Window XP.<BR>The current stable
version is MiKTeX 2.4, with dvips 5.94b.<BR>The current beta version is MiKTeX
2.5 beta 7, with dvips 5.95b.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Typesetting a Chinese book (301 pages) with MiKTeX 2.5 beta
7<BR>(with dvips 5.95b), the result is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>PS file size: 38.99 mb<BR>PDF files size: 4.18 mb (with
ps2pdf)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Using MiKTeX 2.4 (dvips 5.94b), the result is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>PS file size: 25.63 mb<BR>PDF file size: 4.00 mb</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Checking into the .PS file from dvips 5.95b,<BR>I find several
lines of, e.g.,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>%%BeginFont: CWTEX-M0</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>This is the font name of a particular Chinese font.<BR>I think
when running dvips 5.95b, some Chinese fonts are loaded<BR>to the .PS file
several times. While for the .PS file from dvips 5.94b, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>there is only one occurrence of the above
line.<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>