Difference in size between "Scanned" & "pdf" of the same sheet music

[Key 1]

Hi All,

I was wondering if there was a difference in "mb" size of a "Scan" compared to a "pdf" of the same sheet music.
This is referring to the built in scan option in ipad 12.9 - ios12

Regards

Alan

[pfeuh]

Hello,

A pdf from a score application contains characters from a musical font. A scanned one contains a big picture of a score. That means size is bigger and quality is worse for the scan. As often as possible, use a pds from a score application.

Regards,

Pfeuh

[SeaGtGruff]

However, all PDF documents are not alike. PDFs can contain images, text, or both. For instance, a PDF of an owner's manual that contains text will be much smaller than another PDF of the same owner's manual that contains only scanned images of the pages.