I can't give out the 700K and 1.2M files, but I generated some example PDFs that illustrate the relative size differences.
http://www.greetings2you.com/FreeHEP.pdf http://www.greetings2you.com/iText.pdf I appreciate you taking the time to address my question! Thank you! CG --- Paulo Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are many ways to generate a PDF and using the Graphics2D interface is > not a good one. Post a link to both PDFs and we'll be able to tell you more. > > Paulo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 8:06 PM > Subject: [iText-questions] PDF Size > > > > The size of my pdfs are between 700K and 1.2Meg for a single page pdf > > compared > > to 150K to 300K when the same elements are rendered using the FreeHEP PDF > > libs. > > iText is faster and allows for a more predictable final result. I'd like > > to > > stick with iText. I'm using the Graphics2D interface for the layout of > > shapes. > > Any suggestions for reducing filesize? What details do you need to > > properly > > assess what's happening? > > > > CG > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > > easier > > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
