On 04/18/2016 05:20 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: [snip] > Please don't dismiss this idea too quickly. We've already discussed > using freetype to allow us to use any font even in boards. We also > already have an indirect dependency on freetype via cairo so we wouldn't > be adding much in that regard. Until we decide to support plotting arcs > in gerber files, this probably doesn't mean much but it's still > something to keep in mind. I looked at freetype a while back and it > appears to do a good job of providing stroke outlines for all of the > font types it supports. This may be a less problematic solution than > having to create our own stroke fonts and rendering them. I don't want > to repoen the font discussion but if there is a good library that solves > our problem, I'm always willing to consider it rather than spending time > designing our own solution.
That is fine with me, but it seems like a great candidate for a work package. As you have already mentioned, there are more dependencies before it might be implemented, and I assume it will take some time before it happens. When all the necessary components are in place, I am willing to upgrade font drawing routines. It is just my feeling that is not the right time to focus so much on text drawing. I have coded bitmap fonts as it seemed to me as a low hanging fruit, that supposedly could improve pcbnew visually and reduce memory footprint at the same time. Regards, Orson
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