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Build ID: 2.3.2 Steps To Reproduce: 1. Alternative [Simplest] way:- Create a report with one text field in BIRT. Generate PDF report. The size of the file is 10KB. [where as in Jasper reports and Crystal, the same thing results in a 1KB report ] 2. More information: Jason suggested to open a bug for this issue:- Is there a way to reduce the size of the pdf report that BIRt generates? I tried to generate a report with around 400 records that spans across 25 pages (with a logo in each page). The generated report size was around 300K where as a similar report generated in Jasper report and crystal consumed only 80K. I'm using BIRT version 2.3.2. However I tried using 2.5RC4 and the size is more or less the same. In my opinion, product evaluations of reporting tools gives BIRT a red flag [despite intuitive designer and strong feature set]. Hence I marked the severity as major.
*** Bug 281684 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I create a simple report with one line text, and preivew in 2.5.1 1. use TrueType font, The pdf file is about 10,131 bytes. 2. use Type 1 font, The pdf file is about 1,026 bytes. Currently Birt will embed the TrueType font into the pdf file, which makes the issue.
1. What do you think about changing BIRT's default font to be a type 1 font? 2. And add an render option not to embed true type font?
1. the default font has been set to type-1. 2. we can't support not embed true-type fonts as the iText doesn't support it.
