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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:36:25 -0500
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On 10/31/2016 11:58 AM, Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Exported dimensions are preserved without rounding, with the only
> significant discrepancies arising with:
>
> 1) text, since kicad uses the Hershey sans stroke font for footprint
> labelling, but a bitmap font for board text, quite unlike gEDA
> pcb/pcb-rnd's text use.

 > 3) obround (oval), trapezoidal, and rounded corner rectangular pads

So, this sounds like a footprint could be imported.  Is that so, and would it
be imported as layout placement which could then be converted to footprint?

Is there already some other footprint translation between?

Looks good!