[pdftex] Re: [tex-k] writet1: font subsetting question

[Tom Kacvinsky]

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Hi Vladimir,

pdftex subsets both subroutines and charstrings.  The result dhould be the same
as dvips, if one is using the dvips from TeX Live 6.0, and one is not subsetting
a multiply re-enoded font.

The subroutine numbers are not reordered.  There were some issues earlier this
year with pdftex generated PDF files and Acrobat 5.0, and when I went int the
code to fix the problem, I didn't re-order the subroutines because I didn't have
answers to some questions (for instance, what about calculated subroutine
numbers [25 5 div callsubr])

Now that the open questions I had have been answered, I could re-order the
subroutines when they are substeed, but i haven't the time (right now) to do so.
The problem is not making a new subss array with no gaps; the problem is
rebuilding the charstrings/subroutines to call the appropriate newly numbered
subroutine(s).

Speaking of gaps in the subroutines array: currently, if the subset Subrs array
has gaps (i.e., there is room for 30 subroutines, but only 6 slots are used), I
fill in the blank slots with an empty subroutine (just call return).

That is what will chnage when I get around to sdoing things the "right" way.  It
should make embedded fonts smaller.

Tom

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Vladimir Volovich wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i've been reported that PDF files generated with pdftex using cm-super
> fonts are bigger than the ones generated via dvips+distiller.
>
> could this be the result of preserving all Subrs entries in the
> embedded fonts?
>
> cm-super fonts have big number of Subrs entries, and if pdfTeX
> downloads the font partially into a PDF file, does it reduce unused
> Subrs entries (in addition to unused CharStrings entries)?
>
> to remove unused Subrs entries, the writet1 module must analyse all
> glyph and subrs charstrings, find out the used (possibly recursively)
> Subrs entries, then reorder the Subrs (to avoid gaps), and store the
> new glyph charstrings with changed references to subrs.
>
> does pdftex do this for partial font downloading?
>
> Best,
> v.
>
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