Nope, didn't turn off point-n-click. I'll try it - if the numbers are still "interesting", I'll post back.
daf On Dec 14, 2007 11:11 AM, Mats Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would be interesting if you could investigate what has been "removed". > Do the new files still contain the same fonts? Are they embedded the same > way? > > I really hope you turned off point-and-click in LilyPond, otherwise the > comparison is completely uninteresting. > > /Mats > > daf wrote: > > In the interim, PDFCreator is a free win utility and does a great job of > > stripping the extra bytes away: simply install, select PDFCreator as > your > > printer and print. The resulting output can be 80% smaller, or more. > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ > > > > By way of example, I downloaded the mutopiaproject.org version of > BWV853b, > > bumped up the global font size to 16, and expanded it to 5 pages. The > > LP-generated PDF was 528K. The PDFCreator version was 90K. I did not > > notice any degradation in print quality, but I tend not to notice stuff > like > > that anyhow. And YMMV. But in the interim, the time it takes to do the > > extra print step should pay off handsomely for your dialup email > recipients. > > > > Best, > > > > Jay > > > > > > > >>>>> PDF files seem larger than [they used to be], > >>>>> is there something I can do to shrink them? > >>>>> > > > > Laura Conrad added: > > > >>> My users complain about this too. > >>> > > > > > >> For me, the bottleneck is email transmission, where 130K vs 1300K is > >> still significant (approximations for current project). > >> > > > > > > -- > ============================================= > Mats Bengtsson > Signal Processing > Signals, Sensors and Systems > Royal Institute of Technology > SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM > Sweden > Phone: (+46) 8 790 8463 > Fax: (+46) 8 790 7260 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.s3.kth.se/~mabe > ============================================= > >
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