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On Tue, 22 Sep 2015, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> Personally I was never happy with the PCB font elements stored inside
> of the PCB files. For small PCBs the font occupies more space in the
> PCB file than the real layout. I would try to avoid that.

There's good reason for the font to be stored in the PCB file, the same 
reason why element contents are stored in the PCB file: environment 
changes should never alter the contents of a layout.  While this is 
generally not such a big problem with schematics as changes are more 
visible (though it is an annoyance, and I've tried to come up with a good 
solution for some time), it can be fatal if this happens in a layout. 
Think of a difference in kerning which results in a copper letter being 
moved a slight bit, causing a short.  Or, even more subtle, protruding 
into some object's clearance, causing a polygon not to cover an area which 
it is supposed to cover.  This kind of things should never happen.

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