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Date: | Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:51:43 +0200 |
From: | "Gabriel Paubert (paubert AT iram DOT es) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: [geda-user] Apollon the technical thread |
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 01:22:06AM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > "Lev (leventelist AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote: > > Yes, text is not yet implemented. My take on this is to use graphical > > primitives, and draw texts from those, just like gEDA/pcb uses lines. > > If you are considering a change to how text is implemented, please > seriously consider UTF8 plus TrueType (or other external fonts) rather > than one hard-coded 7-bit stick-figure font. Seconded, but I have 2 questions: Is is possible to guarantee a minimal set of available fonts on any system? (Honestly I have no idea, I use TeX, never MSOffice or LibreOffice for writing documents). A good library to transform UTF8 8 to vector/polygons that can be used for Gerber/gcode? (Maybe related to the first) Gabriel
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