[pdftex] Problems with pdftex.map

A.V.Kuznetsov kuzn at htsc.mephi.ru
Tue May 14 11:28:57 CEST 2002


Reinhard Kotucha writes:
 > >>>>> "rhowlett" == rhowlett  <rhowlett at mail.usyd.edu.au> writes:
 >     > This from Thanh:
 >     > [...]
 >     > in the early days of pdftex, I used to change the graphic state
 >     > matrix to emulate FontExtend and FontSlant, so it could be used
 >     > for truetype fonts as well.  Afterward, when experimenting with
 >     > hz-opt, I found it too problematic to do it this way. So I
 >     > [...] 
 > 
 > Seems I was wrong.  I thought that pdfTeX alters the graphics state.
 > But it obviously doesn't.
 > 
 > Regards,
 >   Reinhard
 
Due to pdftex font strategy ANY modified font is embedded.
Therefore, for example, when font protruding is used, the better
document view the more document size. Any modification of any
font (including 14 base fonts) increases size of file generated by
pdftex.

Regards,
A.V.Kuznetsov



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