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Subject: | Re: [geda-user] Apollon the technical thread (gerber font) |
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> Yes, that would be nice to have pretty fonts on the layout, and also > arbitrary bitmap. To be honest, I don't know how to implement that when it > comes to gerber output. > > Maybe with one of these? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_raster-to-vector_conversion_software > > Lev > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Gabriel Paubert (paubert AT iram DOT es) [via > geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote: > > > 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) here http://www.artwork.com/gerber/274x/rs274x.htm there are the primitives: Circle, Line vector, Line center, Liner-Lower left, Outline, Polygon, Moire, Thermal. I guess these primitives could make a font and I think the are macros in the gerber file formats. With macros for the characters there would be a gerber font.
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