----- Original Message ----- > From: Lorenzo Marcantonio <[email protected]> > To: Cirilo Bernardo <[email protected]>; Kicad Developers > <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 10:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] question on PCB Text > > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 01:32:34PM -0800, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: >> I have some questions on PCB text - how is this formed on the copper layers > and on the silk layers? Is an internal font used or can any arbitrary font be > used? If it's an internal font, where can I find the specifications? > > The internal font is hershey-based and coded in the executables, so > you'll need the sources to obtain it. The hershey vectors are generated > from a special eeschema library using some scripts (I don't know the > details). > > If you just want to use the same vector font look in common/drawtxt.c, > it's not actually very difficult (it's a simple moveto/lineto sequence > of commands) > > Have fun, > > -- > Lorenzo Marcantonio > Logos Srl >
Thanks Lorenzo, that's exactly what I needed. :) - Cirilo _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
