Re: Ghostscript/GhostPDL 9.22 Release Candidate 1

William Bader <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 02:12:52 +0000

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pdfsizeopt is another pdf compression tool that can eliminate duplicate fonts and can sometimes merge subset fonts. https://github.com/pts/pdfsizeopt/blob/master/lib/pdfsizeopt/main.py

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Subject: Re: [gs-devel] Ghostscript/GhostPDL 9.22 Release Candidate 1

Masamichi Hosoda <[email protected]> wrote:

> >>It seems that `-dPDFDontUseFontObjectNum` option does not work.
...
> There is a tool for using this method of removing duplicate fonts.
> https://www.ctan.org/pkg/extractpdfmark

> https://packages.debian.org/stretch/extractpdfmark

> http://packages.ubuntu.com/zesty/extractpdfmark

As I see it, the availability of a separate tool to do the same thing
is a reason to _not_ provide a duplicate capability in Ghostscript.
Those who want that processing (despite the risks that Ken mentioned)
can use extractpdfmark.