Re: [Freebangfont-devel] ps/pdf files with different fonts + bspeller

[Kaushik Ghose]

Hi,
wild guess: have you tried opening the akaash_hojoborolo.pdf in a machine
where aakash is not installed ?
-kg

On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Taneem Ahmed wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was testing out creating ps/pdf files with different fonts. Here are
> the results:
> 
> -rw-rw-r--    1      67K Nov 26 04:22 akaash_hojoborolo.pdf
> -rw-rw-r--    1     210K Nov 26 04:20 ani_hojoborolo.pdf
> -rw-rw-r--    1     315K Nov 26 04:19 likhan_hojoborolo.pdf
> -rw-rw----    1     514K Nov 26 04:21 akaash_hojoborolo.ps
> -rw-rw----    1     567K Nov 26 04:17 ani_hojoborolo.ps
> -rw-rw----    1     700K Nov 26 04:19 likhan_hojoborolo.ps
> 
> The size diff is upto 4.5x for pdf files, and 1.5x for ps files. Any idea
> why?
> 
> 
> BTW, the ps files were created using bspeller. I have released the beta
> source for bspeller. Following is the release note.
> 
> ----
> I would like to let everyone know that the first beta version of bspeller
> has been released. You can download the source files from the following
> URL:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43331
> 
> Bspeller is a small text editor that works as a Bangla (Bengali) spell
> checker. It is also capable of printing using OpenType fonts, which is
> very useful for Inidic languages (or any other complex language) like
> Bangla (Bengali). *Ironically* the first release does not do any spell
> checking, however, it is being released because of the printing feature.
> 
> Any comment, suggestions, or bug report is always welcomed.
> 
> ------
> 
> Taneem
> 
> 
> 
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