Hi all, On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 08:57 +0300, Ineiev wrote: > On 3/16/09, Dan McMahill <[email protected]> wrote: > > One thing I'm wondering though is if we'll ever have issues with fonts > > being different on different systems. Where I'm headed with that is > > what if user A designs a board and the text is all ok (no DRC violations > > like silk on pads, etc). Then user A gives the design in .pcb format to > > user B who has a different set of fonts installed. > > I'm absolutely sure the fonts must be embedded; I see no other way to > transfer PCB files reliably. >
User A has a design with a font in latin, user B in Hebrew and user C in Arabic, user D in Japanese ... left to right, right to left, top-down ... It is all so confusing to keep silk from copper for every font there is out there ... Localised and internationalised boards, the thought alone gives me shivers. > I probably should test different freetype2 library versions to check > how fully the results are reproduced. > > > Neat stuff and it seems that a real benefit here is in supporting silk > > screen in languages other than english. I wonder if any other board > > layout tool can do this. > > PCAD-200x can (at least, I asked a PCB designer at my workplace and he > demonstrated me Cyrillics). > > Best regards, > Ineiev > > Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
