[pdftex] Re: [MiKTeX] pdfLaTeX

[Martin Schroeder]

On 2003-03-03 20:39:44 +0100, Naga Toro wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Schroeder" <martin at oneiros.de>
> To: <miktex-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 5:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] pdfLaTeX
> 
> > Which fonts are embedded by pdfTeX and by Distiller?
> 
> All. (Embed all fonts is checked)
> 
> ---<example>---
> \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
> \RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \RequirePackage[swedish]{babel}
> \RequirePackage[ansinew]{inputenc}
> \title{test}
> \author{Torgny}
> \begin{document}
> \section*{foo}
> \end{document}
> ---</example>---
> This gives 12.1kb with pdgTeX and 6.15kb with adobe distiller
> Not so big difference but the bigger the sourcefile the bigger the
> difference

Confirmed. A dvi, ps, pdf from pdfTeX and pdf from Distiller (all
with cm-super) are at http://www.oneiros.de/tex/pdftex/fonts.zip

I suspect Distiller subsets the fonts much better.

This should be discussed at the pdfTeX mailing list (reply-to is
set).

Best regards
        Martin
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