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Zuber

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xpdf very slow compared to qpdf
« on: December 26, 2003, 08:27:30 pm »
Just tried xpdf on the x11 rom and it seams to be very slow compared to qpdf. Particularly when rendering images for example.

I thought they both used the same code base. Any ideas ?

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xpdf very slow compared to qpdf
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2003, 01:36:03 am »
open in SciTE file /usr/etc/xpdfrc
find parameter:

freetypeControl low

replace \"low\" to \"plain\" for turn off antialiasing.
For faster you can also turn off freetype fonts - \"none\"
Save config file, and open pdf file.