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Re: Why is PDFing sometimes quick and sometimes glacial?

How would this account for the inconsistent PDF processing time, where the
slowest is 4X the fastest? (Actually, slower times are more the norm and I
was astonished when the PDF zipped through in 2-3 minutes.)

This Mac's font library contains barely more than the OS defaults; I've
purposely kept it simple to eliminate the the extra work of office-wide font
management. I'm not even using a font manager. I've got 48 suitcases, the
vast majority the OS defaults.

On 6/13/02 2:11 PM, "Dov Isaacs" <isaacs@Adobe.COM> wrote:

> Actually, one of the things that CAN and DOES slow down Macintosh
> applications is font enumeration. It would appear that when checking
> fonts, all the font files and suitcases are opened. In the case of
> Distiller, it goes through a fairly extensive font enumeration
> process if it believes that any fonts have changed since the last
> time it ran.[snip] Solution (yes, I know it is a lousy solution if a solution
> at all) is  to dramatically reduce the number of fonts installed
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Bart Windrum
GUI Fit&Finish and Documentation
Diogenes Inc.
410 17th St. #1260
Denver CO 80202

720 904 2321 x125
fax 720 904 9032
Bart.Windrum@DiogenesInc.com



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