psfrem.1

.TH psfrem 1
'''
.SH NAME
psfrem \- postscript font and resource embedding utility.
'''
.SH SYNOPSIS
psfrem [\fIoptions\fR] \fIinput-file\fR [\fIoutput-file\fR]
'''
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpsfrem\fR runs supplied PostScript document through Ghostscript,
gathering font usage information, then dumps loaded font data from
Ghostscript memory and embeds it into the source file. The resulting
document is expected to be self-containing, with no dependencies on
the fonts installed in a particular postscript device.

When embedding fonts, \fBpsfrem\fR attempts to modify them, leaving
only the glyphs used in the document, thus reducing the font size.

\fBpsfrem\fR also attempts to embed non-font resources in place of
%%IncludeResource directives.
'''
.SH USAGE
Input file name must be supplied, and it must be a real seekable file.
The output will be written to the specified file, or to stdout.
'''
.IP "\fB-I\fIdir\fR" 4
Look for resources to embed in \fIdir\fR. This option may be specified
more than once. This option is also passed to \fBgs\fR.
.IP "\fB-d\fIvar\fR[=\fIval\fR]" 4
Define PostScript variable \fIname\fR (with value \fIval\fR). This option
is passed directly to \fBgs\fR(1).
.IP "\fB-r\fR" 4
Do reduce/embed fonts. Without this option, just embed resources.
.IP "\fB-x\fIFont\fR" 4
Do not dump/embed \fIFont\fR, which must be the PostScript font name
(something like Times-Roman or FreeMono).
.IP "\fB-a\fIFont\fR" 4
Embed \fIFont\fR completely, do not attempt to remove unused glyphs.
.IP "\fB-A\fR" 4
Do embed Adobe core fonts. See NOTES below.
.IP "\fB-k\fR" 4
Keep temporary files.
'''
.SH NOTES
\fBpsfrem\fR is meant to be used with \fBu2ps\fR(1). It relies heavily
on the input file being well-formed and well-behaved.
It may or may not work with arbitrary PostScript input.

\fBpsfrem\fR only looks for resource in directories explicitly specified
with \fB-I\fR and does not know about standard \fBgs\fR search path.
If you need to embed anything from /usr/share/ghostscript, pass relevant
directories with \fB-I\fR.

All PostScript interpreters are assumed to have a bunch of standard fonts
available (Courier, Times-Roman, Helvetica, Symbol etc), so psfrem does not
try to embed those. Glyph coverage beyond basic Latin is not guaranteed for
standard fonts however, so it may be necessary to use \fB-A\fR, forcing the
fonts available to Ghostscript locally to be embedded instead of relying on
whatever the target device has got.
'''
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBu2ps\fR(1), \fBgs\fR(1), \fBincluderes\fR(1) from psutils package.