* Speed of texexec with Unicode TrueType Font
@ 2010-01-23 10:48 Bryant Eastham
2010-01-23 11:10 ` Taco Hoekwater
2010-01-23 11:12 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: Bryant Eastham @ 2010-01-23 10:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
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All-
Apologies if the question should go to another list - let me know if so.
I am using texexec with MSPMincho on a Japanese utf-8 document. I followed the instructions and it appears to work well.
Texexec runs several passes, and on each pass spends a *long* time integrating each font "page". I get many lines saying:
{<path to enc>/MSPMinchoXX.enc}<<path to tt>/MSPMincho.ttf>
The time taken in this process is many times that of the rest of the conversion. The resulting PDF font properties lists "MS-PMincho (Embedded Subset), Type: TrueType, Encoding: Built-in" 75 times. I imagine that I am glad that the whole font is not included (for file size). However, during development it is painful to wait.
Is there a way to optimize the process?
Thanks,
-Bryant
[Panasonic]
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Bryant Eastham
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* Re: Speed of texexec with Unicode TrueType Font
2010-01-23 10:48 Speed of texexec with Unicode TrueType Font Bryant Eastham
@ 2010-01-23 11:10 ` Taco Hoekwater
2010-01-23 11:12 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2010-01-23 11:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Bryant Eastham wrote:
> All-
>
> Apologies if the question should go to another list - let me know if
> so.
The pdftex list would have been better, but I think I can answer
anyway.
> I am using texexec with MSPMincho on a Japanese utf-8 document. I
> followed the instructions and it appears to work well.
> Texexec runs several passes, and on each pass spends a *long* time
> integrating each font "page". I get many lines saying:
>
> {<path to enc>/MSPMinchoXX.enc}<<path to tt>/MSPMincho.ttf>
>
> The time taken in this process is many times that of the rest of the
> conversion. The resulting PDF font properties lists "MS-PMincho
> (Embedded Subset), Type: TrueType, Encoding: Built-in" 75 times. I
> imagine that I am glad that the whole font is not included (for file
> size). However, during development it is painful to wait.
Large font support in pdftex is suboptimal: for each encoding block
of 256 characters, it has to reload and re-subset the complete ttf font.
It is unlikely this situation will ever improve, and the best option is
to switch to using one of the two new engines: xetex or luatex. This
will need different font commands from the ones you used for pdftex,
though.
Best wishes,
Taco
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* Re: Speed of texexec with Unicode TrueType Font
2010-01-23 10:48 Speed of texexec with Unicode TrueType Font Bryant Eastham
2010-01-23 11:10 ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2010-01-23 11:12 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2010-01-23 13:19 ` Bryant Eastham
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2010-01-23 11:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Am 23.01.10 11:48, schrieb Bryant Eastham:
> All-
>
> Apologies if the question should go to another list – let me know if so.
>
> I am using texexec with MSPMincho on a Japanese utf-8 document. I
> followed the instructions and it appears to work well.
>
> Texexec runs several passes, and on each pass spends a **long** time
> integrating each font “page”. I get many lines saying:
>
> {<path to enc>/MSPMinchoXX.enc}<<path to tt>/MSPMincho.ttf>
>
> The time taken in this process is many times that of the rest of the
> conversion. The resulting PDF font properties lists “MS-PMincho
> (Embedded Subset), Type: TrueType, Encoding: Built-in” 75 times. I
> imagine that I am glad that the whole font is not included (for file
> size). However, during development it is painful to wait.
Can you provide a example.
Have you considered to use MkIV?
Wolfgang
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* Re: Speed of texexec with Unicode TrueType Font
2010-01-23 11:12 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2010-01-23 13:19 ` Bryant Eastham
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From: Bryant Eastham @ 2010-01-23 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Wolfgang-
I can provide an example, but based on Taco's response it is unlikely to be of benefit.
I have in the past tried more recent releases. I was not able to navigate the documentation and bugs to get something working.
As this is merely an optimization issue, I can deal with the performance for now and (once things are all working) evaluate MkIV again in the future.
Thanks,
-Bryant
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Am 23.01.10 11:48, schrieb Bryant Eastham:
> All-
>
> Apologies if the question should go to another list - let me know if so.
>
> I am using texexec with MSPMincho on a Japanese utf-8 document. I
> followed the instructions and it appears to work well.
>
> Texexec runs several passes, and on each pass spends a **long** time
> integrating each font "page". I get many lines saying:
>
> {<path to enc>/MSPMinchoXX.enc}<<path to tt>/MSPMincho.ttf>
>
> The time taken in this process is many times that of the rest of the
> conversion. The resulting PDF font properties lists "MS-PMincho
> (Embedded Subset), Type: TrueType, Encoding: Built-in" 75 times. I
> imagine that I am glad that the whole font is not included (for file
> size). However, during development it is painful to wait.
Can you provide a example.
Have you considered to use MkIV?
Wolfgang
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