On 3/23/11 10:24 PM, "Werner LEMBERG" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If I open the one of the manuals in Acrobat (full version) and >> select the Reduce File Size option from the Document menu, which >> consolidates fonts, then when that eventually finishes - depending >> on file size, it can take many hours to complete - I find that the >> size of the PDF file has been reduced by 40-50%. > > Another possibility is `pdfsizeopt', which does an even better job, I > believe, since it specialized for handling TeX files. > > http://code.google.com/p/pdfsizeopt/ > > Unfortunately, due to copyright reasons, it is impossible to > incorporate it into lilypond's workflow of creating the manuals. > However, maybe someone can set up a postprocessing stage so that the > online versions of the PDF manuals get reduced in size which would be > beneficial for both the user and the hoster, reducing the bandwidth. > I just tried using pdfsizeopt without pngout, jbig2, or multivalent, and got about a 25% reduction in the size of the Notation Reference pdf. The Notation Reference took about 45 seconds to process on my MacBook Pro. Carl _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
