From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 16:24:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FDB01065748 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:24:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F4608FC0C for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so961359ewy.43 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:24:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UTF4Jl2+FRCcapsDw6Uh1Qmum7EGDeRTVPnPjm8fGWE=; b=Yd0SstfZZ3IGqEV8K2L7c2qOWKiB8VXiBlzjXTKs5wRV6jTdkPySXMjxG6sw2i5HSy eIKd0OA8Hz7HKhmQV62XNY0KtDUD+hwYcQT96jvCZ1f3J+ULHlcn5s+et1XGpJyfgZah /Q0pdpZH9IWg3inWcIc6JMXyRyJyRlNZtTuSw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=A0CmsWsnQEH8h0fEZPRumxXOBNy/Und8XdAHaFXWbJpEHOvz27XQqVYMYlRcAnBg7W Sr2KxqkQQToCJ+CvVkSwbMV//Lt2gQBGfgyTDmtBT3IWsYbkv+b0+DBjAm0yMy2s1NzL AbkzIi7UENixrC1AKNRtL1bYpHbimax/Dcb5I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.46.14 with SMTP id t14mr846076ebt.17.1239985468116; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:24:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090417154728.1a6a9d24@davids-website.com> References: <64c038660904161950i623bbaf2q47ebf7ccc8dd97eb@mail.gmail.com> <20090417052639.GA49635@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090417132208.GA31198@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <20090417154728.1a6a9d24@davids-website.com> From: Chris Rees Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:24:13 +0100 Message-ID: To: Ltcddata , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: PDF Authoring tool, suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:24:32 -0000 2009/4/17 Ltcddata : > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:22:08 +0100 > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 07:26:39AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: >> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:50:44PM -0600, Modulok wrote: >> > > I'm looking for recommendations for a BSD-friendly, PDF authoring >> > > tool (Not a viewer, see below.) >> > > >> > > I have an image of a signature that I need to put into a PDF >> > > document. I converted the original, un-signed PDF document to a >> > > raster PNG, then used GIMP to place a photograph of the signature >> > > where I need it. I then converted the PNG back to a PDF using >> > > ImageMagick's 'convert' utility. The problem, is the PDF is now >> > > HUGE. Both in dimensions as well as file size. It went from 28kb >> > > to 292Kb. There must be a better way to do this. >> > >> > Convert the PNG to a JPEG file with the gimp, then use jpeg2ps from >> > the graphics/jpeg2ps-a4 or graphics/jpeg2ps-letter port to convert >> > it to PostScript. Finally, use epstopdf from print/teTeX-base or >> > ps2pdf from print/ghostscript8 to convert to PDF. >> >> hard to get good quality because the result is likely to be a raster >> image. Technically I'd do this with ImageMagick's composite - overlaps >> one image over another, but the output pdf will be a poor quality >> raster image and, yes, significantly bigger in size. >> > > Don't know if I am missing the point here but why not use open office > to create your pdf file with its export as PDF feature? I would imagine it would give a large output file; a stated goal of the OP is to give a small output. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?