so what do you use otherwise (instead of tetex)?
Under Linux (Slackware 10.2) I have only TeTeX: pdftex => This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) pdflatex => This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) Under Windows (2000 Pro) using MikTeX: pdftex => This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a (MiKTeX 2.4) pdflatex => This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (*) (*) I am using this one to create PDF files from LaTeX docs. For this reason, I think, I have almost the same size of PDF files under Windows (MiKTeX/LaTeX) and Linux (TeTeX/ConTeXt). ConTeXt premable: \mainlanguage[italian] \setupbodyfont[12pt] \setuppapersize[A4] \enableregime[il1] LaTeX preamble: \documentclass[a4,10pt,fleqn]{report} \setcounter{secnumdepth}{2} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage[italian]{babel} ... other packages
you can run pdffonts to check this
ConTeXt/MiKTeX (Windows) name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- --------- DTTIEI+LMSans12-Regular Type 1 yes yes no 39 0 EETXYV+LMSans12-Oblique Type 1 yes yes yes 42 0 DXNZSG+LMSans10-Bold Type 1 yes yes yes 45 0 BBOGPU+Utopia-Italic Type 1 yes yes no 9 0 YTDIBL+Utopia-Regular Type 1 yes yes no 14 0 SODXLF+Fourier-Math-Symbols Type 1C yes yes no 15 0 CJFCZI+Fourier-Math-Letters-Italic Type 1C yes yes no 16 0 YYSITY+Fourier-Math-Extension Type 1C yes yes no 17 0 NMJDRH+LMRoman12-Regular Type 1 yes yes yes 87 0 DQFNRX+LMRoman12-Italic Type 1 yes yes no 90 0 IHGOTS+LMSans10-Regular Type 1 yes yes yes 137 0 BLEFMM+LMSans10-Oblique Type 1 yes yes yes 140 0 TGZULI+LMRoman12-Bold Type 1 yes yes no 194 0 FHYPVG+LOGO10 Type 1 yes yes no 197 0 JDIEUM+LMRoman10-Bold Type 1 yes yes no 205 0 ERNOBW+CMMI12 Type 1 yes yes no 209 0 IYOQET+LMRoman12-Regular Type 1 yes yes no 212 0 HUKRQA+CMEX10 Type 1 yes yes no 215 0 FKFBNU+LMRoman9-Regular Type 1 yes yes no 218 0 CNWZSY+CMSY10 Type 1 yes yes no 221 0 SQCOBF+CMMI9 Type 1 yes yes no 224 0 IAKFGB+LMRoman7-Regular Type 1 yes yes no 227 0 UTYJTI+CMSY9 Type 1 yes yes no 274 0 ZCMOAX+CMMI7 Type 1 yes yes no 326 0 HFGQHV+CMSY7 Type 1 yes yes no 329 0 =================================================== ConTeXt/TeTeX (Linux) name type emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ------------ --- --- --- --------- ZODZLY+CMSSBX10 Type 1 yes yes no 34 0 GDNCCV+CMSSI12 Type 1 yes yes no 37 0 DCDFAR+CMSS12 Type 1 yes yes no 40 0 ASKJEX+CMR12 Type 1 yes yes no 43 0 AQWQFQ+CMR9 Type 1 yes yes no 46 0 QTBLYG+Utopia-Italic Type 1C yes yes no 4 0 ESSWFP+Utopia-Regular Type 1C yes yes no 5 0 SODXLF+Fourier-Math-Symbols Type 1C yes yes no 6 0 CJFCZI+Fourier-Math-Letters-Italic Type 1C yes yes no 7 0 YYSITY+Fourier-Math-Extension Type 1C yes yes no 8 0 WXACZF+CMTI12 Type 1 yes yes no 88 0 RTVTJB+CMSS10 Type 1 yes yes no 135 0 FGDGJS+CMBX10 Type 1 yes yes no 189 0 CEDOCE+CMMI12 Type 1 yes yes no 193 0 FWWPUA+CMEX10 Type 1 yes yes no 196 0 LFQGNZ+CMSY10 Type 1 yes yes no 199 0 SQAFLI+CMMI9 Type 1 yes yes no 202 0 BYRSZI+CMR7 Type 1 yes yes no 205 0 SSTBGA+CMSY9 Type 1 yes yes no 251 0 SEIPGZ+CMMI7 Type 1 yes yes no 304 0 EWUBSW+CMSY7 Type 1 yes yes no 307 0 RELHCG+CMBX12 ps. I see that the PDF generated by MiKTeX (the bigger one) looks a little better than the one generated by TeTeX. So I understand now why this difference between their sizes. Thank you. jk -- Jilani KHALDI http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com