[NTG-context] Why PDF files generated by ConTeXt are so big?

[Jilani Khaldi]

> 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

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Jilani KHALDI
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