On Sat, 5 Sep 2015 11:10:00 +0200
Wolfgang Engelmann <[email protected]> wrote:

> I tried text in Gimp, but export leads also to a large output.
> Will try the Krita drawing program

Wolfgang,

Have you tried  Scribus? I did a quick test with a random photo as the
graphic and the word "Test" in 60pt characters for the text.

The graphic image was a JPEG file, 1200x900 pixels with a file size of
391kB.

Exporting a letter size PDF from Scribus with default settings gave a
file size of 1.6MB.

However, Scribus, unlike Inkscape, allows customization of compression
method. By selecting JPEG compression and minimum quality, I was able
to reduce the size of the exported PDF to 238.8kB, a third smaller than
the imported image. And the resolution of the image is still 180dpi.

Les
-- 
L. R. Denham

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