Re: gEDA-user: Text in PCB elements

[John Coppens <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:12:22 +0100
kai-martin knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A less ambitious way to achieve text in footprints would dissolve 
> letters into lines and add them to the footprint like you would 
> with ordinary lines. In silk they stay straight forward lines. In
> copper they'd become SMD pads with the same name. Pads might 
> optionally be covered with solder mask. The GUI might look up 
> letters as footprints in the library and arrange them to yield
> human readable text.

Not a bad idea... It could be a temporary solution, I guess.

I did notice that a PCB file includes the entire font if a text is
written anywhere on the board. How is this handled with, eg. refdes in
elements? Does this also trigger inclusion of the font?

John


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