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

[William Bader]

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



________________________________
From: gs-devel <address@hidden> on behalf of Perry Hutchison <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 8:27 PM
To: address@hidden
Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
Subject: Re: [gs-devel] Ghostscript/GhostPDL 9.22 Release Candidate 1

Masamichi Hosoda <address@hidden> 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.