At 18:10 07/08/2003 +0200, you wrote:
The results are: 799537 ago 7 17:55 file1.pdf 1515097 ago 7 17:56 merge.pdf
here i get: 805,366 test.pdf 1,053,739 test1.pdf so .. what version of pdftex are you running normally pdftex combines fonts data (esp the glyph code) that it knows; some overhead is to be expected form the rather verbose resource related code Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------