Re: Ghostscript/GhostPDL 9.22 Release Candidate 1

[David Kastrup]

address@hidden (Perry Hutchison) writes:

> Masamichi Hosoda <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> >>It seems that `-dPDFDontUseFontObjectNum` option does not work.
> ...
>> There is a tool for using this method of removing duplicate fonts.
>> https://www.ctan.org/pkg/extractpdfmark
>> https://packages.debian.org/stretch/extractpdfmark
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/zesty/extractpdfmark
>
> As I see it, the availability of a separate tool to do the same thing
> is a reason to _not_ provide a duplicate capability in Ghostscript.
> Those who want that processing (despite the risks that Ken mentioned)
> can use extractpdfmark.

extractpdfmark requires that capability in Ghostscript for doing its
work.  It is not a "separate tool" as such.

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David Kastrup