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> > For what do we use copper fonts? I used the words "layer 0", "layer 1" > > ... only to indicate correct orientation for the fab house. > > I use copper text as poor man's silk when hand-prototyping. Also, you may > want to be able to identify a layout even when the silk is missing. I think only difference between copper font and silkscreen font is the layer, they both en up in gerber. Or I am wrong? > > But even fixed gerber fonts can be stored outside of the PCB file. > > Store only version number of fixed font inside of PCB file? > > Rule of thumb, if something can go wrong, it will sooner or later go > wrong. If you want to make sure the letters *never* accidentally change, > even not if someone in the distribution wants to be clever and "fixes" > something in the font without adjusting the version number, then include > the font in the layout file. There's no easy way around that. For gerber files I would say fonts should be stored inside each file.
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