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Date: | Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:02:34 -0500 |
From: | John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: [geda-user] Apollon the technical thread |
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On 09/22/2015 10:46 AM, Roland Lutz wrote: > Also, depending on external fonts is a bad idea for PCBs because a font change may alter the layout, which is something a layout > software should never do. If you prefer true-type fonts (IIRC, most people who I talked to prefered stroke fonts for PCBs), > extending the font format to support filled shapes defined by lines and arcs (true-type fonts don't support proper circles) sounds > like a viable solution. That and a plugin for editing fonts into lines and arc form sounds far better than risking a font substitution causing a short.
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