[XeTeX] xdv2pdf vs xdvipdfmx

[Oleg Parashchenko]

Hello Jjgod,

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:08:57 +0100
Jjgod Jiang <gzjjgod at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I think Jonathan has explained it a few times on this list:

Thanks for great summary! It'd be nice to put the summary to a XeTeX wiki,
but the only one I have found (xetex.tk) seems read only.

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> To summarize, the only reason to continue using xdv2pdf is probably when
> you have to use AAT fonts.

My use case is an application of Quartz filters. A document has a lot of
images (PDF format, some text plus 1200dpi photos). The generated PDF is
of 300 Mb. If I apply the Quartz filter "Reduce File Size" to rescale
bitmaps to 300dpi, the size is less then 10Mb.

With xdv2pdf I could apply the filter during PDF generation and
immediately get 10 Mb PDF. With xdvipdfmx, I have to generate 300Mb first,
and then re-filter the PDF. Probably it is not a problem, but it somehow
bothers me.

> 
> - Jiang


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