Re: Imported PDF bloat

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 7/27/2004 02:37 PM, Thomas Michanek wrote:
>> > Try saving/exporting the PDF from Acrobat as a EPS. Then import the EPS
>> > into FM. That should do the trick.
>>
>> Won't make the slightest difference in final PDF file size!
>
>I agree that it shouldn't, but a quick test of generating a single page
>with a diagram actually showed a small difference in final PDF size.
>First I imported the original PDF, then I replaced it with an EPS
>created from Acrobat 5 (Level 2, binary, preview, embed included fonts).
>Everything else was exactly the same. The PDF graphic was already
>cropped to the size of the actual graphic (no margins).
>
>The difference is size was small (less than 10%), but I guess the
>difference is in the way FM converts the imported PDF into an
>"internal EPS", as compared to the EPS created from Acrobat 5.
>There's probably a slight difference in EPS characteristics.
>
>Dov, does that sound plausible?
>
>> Dumb question du jour!
>
>Yep, I admitted to that fairly quickly :-)


Yup, that's very plausible!

        - Dov 


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