pts/pdfsizeopt
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PDF file size optimizer
6 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 1 story, 5 comments · first 2017-07-28 · latest 2023-09-26
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…like pdftk have been able to losslessly compress them... I have had good luck with pdfsizeopt. https://github.com/pts/pdfsizeopt
comment by chasil · 2023-09-26 · in PostScript’s sudden death in Sonoma -
…PDF smaller, and I think it deletes letters/characters from the included font that are not used. https://github.com/pts/pdfsizeopt
comment by chasil · 2023-03-21 · in PDF/A-3, PDF for Long-Term Preservation, Use of ISO 32000-1... (2020) -
…of it will remove characters from included fonts that are not used. It really is quite impressive. https://github.com/pts/pdfsizeopt
comment by chasil · 2022-10-10 · in PDF processing and analysis with open-source tools (2021) -
…other magic). The developer asks for donations for production use from those who can afford it. https://github.com/pts/pdfsizeopt Send donations to the author of pdfsizeopt: https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=pts&url=https://githu...
comment by chasil · 2022-01-31 · in Reducing the Size of Large PDFs -
…sci-hub use too because it's easy to use and automatic. EDIT: this looks quite promising too: https://github.com/pts/pdfsizeopt But it has bugs with handling some images... converts them to black boxes. I'd only use this one if you…
comment by philipkglass · 2017-07-28 · in Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed