Re: gEDA-user: Inkscape text->pstoedit->pcb and importing PostScript/PDF/EPS vector graphics with holes

2010-11-23 Thread Jan Martinek
On 11/22/2010 11:47 PM, Colin D Bennett wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:21:17 +0100 Jan Martinek wrote: I really wanted to create a logo/description label in Inkscape and put it on a board I recently made, but after trying for an hour or two to get pstoedit to import text elements properly (hole

Re: gEDA-user: Inkscape text->pstoedit->pcb and importing PostScript/PDF/EPS vector graphics with holes

2010-11-22 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:21:17 +0100 Jan Martinek wrote: > > I really wanted to create a logo/description label in Inkscape and > > put it on a board I recently made, but after trying for an hour or > > two to get pstoedit to import text elements properly (holes in > > letters like 'B' or 'o' were

Re: gEDA-user: Inkscape text->pstoedit->pcb and importing PostScript/PDF/EPS vector graphics with holes

2010-11-22 Thread Jan Martinek
I really wanted to create a logo/description label in Inkscape and put it on a board I recently made, but after trying for an hour or two to get pstoedit to import text elements properly (holes in letters like 'B' or 'o' were getting filled in when exported to the 'pcb' file format), I gave up. I

Re: gEDA-user: Inkscape text->pstoedit->pcb and importing PostScript/PDF/EPS vector graphics with holes

2010-11-22 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:25:49 -0600 Mark Rages wrote: > I've seen this bug before too. Try "text to path" in Inkscape. If > that fails, binary search for the offending text: Delete half of it, > try again, etc. Please do file the bug on pstoedit. Workaround validated. Thanks for the tip. Usi

Re: gEDA-user: Inkscape text->pstoedit->pcb and importing PostScript/PDF/EPS vector graphics with holes

2010-11-22 Thread Peter Clifton
On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 16:31 -0500, Andrew Armenia wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Colin D Bennett <[1]co...@gibibit.com> >wrote: >It's not much of a workaround for anything large-scale, but I once >exploited the fact that pstoedit (with no special options) generates >the

Re: gEDA-user: Inkscape text->pstoedit->pcb and importing PostScript/PDF/EPS vector graphics with holes

2010-11-22 Thread Mark Rages
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Colin D Bennett wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:50:03 -0600 > Mark Rages wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Colin D Bennett >> wrote: >> > How hard would it be to make use of the freetype library to handle >> > all vector-based fonts?  I imagine the fon

Re: gEDA-user: Inkscape text->pstoedit->pcb and importing PostScript/PDF/EPS vector graphics with holes

2010-11-22 Thread Andrew Armenia
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Colin D Bennett <[1]co...@gibibit.com> wrote: On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:50:03 -0600 Mark Rages <[2]markra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Colin D Bennett <[3]co...@gibibit.com> > wrote: > > How hard would it

gEDA-user: Inkscape text->pstoedit->pcb and importing PostScript/PDF/EPS vector graphics with holes

2010-11-22 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:50:03 -0600 Mark Rages wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Colin D Bennett > wrote: > > How hard would it be to make use of the freetype library to handle > > all vector-based fonts?  I imagine the font outlines could be > > converted to line elements fairly easily..