Re: 2.8.1 pdf file size

[Daniel Johnson]

Dennis O'Toole wrote:
> After upgrading to 2.8.1, I notice that the .pdf files produced are 
> considerable larger, on the order of about 5 to 10 times the size
> formerly produced.  This has a detrimental effect on my ability to
> store and distribute, so much that I have to back level to 2.6 
> to use. 
>
> Thank you.
>   
This is generally a byproduct of running an unpatched Ghostscript.  You 
can either use GUB (which uses its own patched copy of Ghostscript) or 
search the bug-lilypond archives for a patch against ghostscript 8.5x.

On my machine, there was an extra level of frustration because I forgot 
I had an unpatched version of gs in /usr/local/bin and the patched 
version in /usr/bin.  It took me a few hours to figure out why I was 
still generating huge files even though I'd applied the patch.