On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:12:22 +0100 kai-martin knaak <k...@familieknaak.de> 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 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user