[texhax] [FORGED] Re: Smaller image-heavy pdf

[Bob Tennent]

 >| > > Dan
 >| > >
 >| > > Have you tried:    > ps2pdf in.pdf out.pdf
 >| > >
 >| > > which has given me file size reductions of about 75%
 >| >
 >| > Now *that* is a trick worth knowing about!  Would not have thought of
 >| > trying that in a million years.  Counterintuitive, but simple once
 >| > you've been told.  Did one little experiment just now, on an arbitrary
 >| > pdf file and got a 55% reduction in size, just like that!
 >|
 >|Are you sure that this conversion is lossless?

I believe the reduction is size results from compactifying
embedded type 1 fonts.

Bob T.