Re: size of pdf files

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2014-12-15 um 17:35 schrieb Urs Liska <address@hidden>:

> 
> Am 15.12.2014 12:31, schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
>>> 1) Is it clear that nobody would need Postscript output itself,
>>>    e.g. to produce something different than PDF?
>> PDF can be converted back to PS easily.
>> 
>>> 2) Is that a feasible goal?
>> Well, it would be a good solution.  However, we need a PDF creation
>> library, I guess...
> 
> I assume such a step would also make it easier afterwards to add specific 
> information to the output files. Like PDF layers (OCG (Optional Content 
> Groups)), tooltip comments or whatever.

PS is much easier to write than PDF, since PS can be pure text, while PDF is 
always binary, even in „text“ form.
Most, if not all, PDF features are includable via PS.

Best, Hraban