[Qgis-user] PDF output - file size

[Nyall Dawson]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 at 09:20, Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ)
<tony at farmmaps.nz> wrote:
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> Hope all is well.  I’m really liking QGIS 3.14!!
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> I have a question re the file size of PDF outputs.  Since upgrading to 3.14, the file size of PDF outputs seems to have grown by a substantial amount.  If I have SVG or font marker fills, even more so.  An A3 map, typically was 5mb or so, now it is outputting at close to 30mb.  Id then normally use Acrobat to compress and get it down a bit without losing any discernable quality (but retain geo info), but even then it's still over 20mb.

Previously svg or font marker fills were exported as raster patterns,
which resulted in a loss of quality when the PDFs were printed or
zoomed in to. Since 3.14 we now output marker fills using vector
artwork wherever possible, in order to avoid this loss of quality.

> How do others deal with this issue?  Is there anywhere that I can have some control over the DPI of the output etc, much like the old days when we hade Acrobat installed as a stand-alone printer driver?

There's no option for this in current versions, but it's worth filing
a feature request!

Nyall