While you might be able to convince a programmer, good luck with a lawyer. --Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff.com
#include <disclaimer> typedef std::Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard; > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Marchywka [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 10:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Embedding subset of fonts > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:20:50 -0800 > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Embedding subset of fonts > > > > My only comment would be that in most cases, there are > laws/regulations that require that the "exact document" that > was presented/distributed is what goes into the archive. In > such a case, it wouldn't be possible to archive "parts"... > > The same electrons in in sme state in violation of > heisenberg? LOL. You would then be saying that compression is > not allowed. > Since itext is deterministic, if you feed it the same input > twice you should get the same output. This is > no different than unzipping. > > > > > > > Leonard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Marchywka [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:44 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Embedding subset of fonts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > >> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 17:38:05 +0100 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Embedding subset of fonts > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > >> I can't agree that. > >> > >> Just to show you the difference between huge single PDF > and broken down > >> single PDF-s, have a look pls at the following table: > >> > >> > >> > >> embedded subset Huge PDF(kB) Pages Single PDF (averaged in > >> kB) > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > >> > >> yes 130 61 > >> 27 > >> > >> yes 2147 1184 > >> 29 > >> > >> > >> > >> no 633 253 > >> 6 > >> > >> no 14202 7577 > >> 4 > >> > >> > >> > >> The single PDF is a lot of bigger, a factor of 5-6 of > multiplication. > >> > >> Producing ca. 4 million pages per year and archiving this > (this is only > >> the beginning), the diference would be more then 100GB > more space, data > >> transfer and so on. > > > > > > At the risk of antagonizing Leonard and Bruno again re the > resource requirements, > > I guess I'd ask why you archive PDF files and not just the > pieces that go into making > > them which presumably are smaller, and then recreate on the > fly when needed? You wouldn't archive page images > > unless you value rendering speed over size. It is easier to > store a font > > and input string and have a "decompression" algorithm that > happens to convert > > this into a human readable image. You wouldn't have many > quams about archiving a zip file, > > why not "decompose" your pdf file into input pieces (text > and fonts) that probably are much smaller and for that > > matter would probably allow better indexing with your DB > facilities. Then, you > > can "decompress" using itext when needed. Creating a PDF > file is a great way to "decompress" > > a concise representation of anything ( just to provoke a > response from Leo LOL). > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Zoltan > >> > >> > >> > >> 1T3XT info schrieb: > >> > >> > >> Zoltan Kakucs wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks again. > >> Do you mean with subset fonts embedding the ttf-s or using > the metrik > >> files (afm) together with the postscript (pfb)? > >> We are using also fonts given only as ttf. > >> It's a bit shadowy for me, how the final version looks like. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> If you embed Type1 fonts (afm or pfm + pfb), iText will embed > >> the complete font. (But most Type1 fonts aren't that big.) > >> If you embed True Type or Open Type fonts with True Type oulines > >> (ttf files), iText will automatically subset the font. > >> > >> Now if you create the large document with the fonts embedded, > >> chances are the separate files won't be that large, because you're > >> basically using an alphabet of 26 letters (times 2 for caps) and > >> some interpunction. > >> > >> If you have a capital Z in one page, the description of this glyph > >> will also be in the subsetted font of documents that don't contain > >> the capital Z, but that's not a technical problem. The file will be > >> a little bit bigger because of the unused Z, but is that a problem? > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app > distribution fast and easy > > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > iText-questions mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > > > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php > > Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ > You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php > Check the site with examples before you ask questions: > http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ > You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Check the site with examples before you ask questions: http://www.1t3xt.info/examples/ You can also search the keywords list: http://1t3xt.info/tutorials/keywords/
