I agree with Wayne, Whatever we choose, we need to be consistent. But we need to avoid huge symbols in order to create schematics that can size nicely.
my $0.02, Jean-Paul (AC9GH) On May 2, 2014, at 7:54 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/1/2014 4:54 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: >> On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 04:05:09PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>> My preference is 50mils but no matter what field text size you choose, >>> please revise all of the existing symbols accordingly. As of right now, >>> symbol field text sizes are all over the map which makes for some ugly >>> looking schematics. >> >> For reference, I use 60mils for designator and name, 30mils for the >> package and 50mils for pin and labels. Probably 50mils for everything >> would be OK, except for packages which now have really long names... >> >> Of course there is an ISO standard for lettering, too... given the ISO >> font (a little more compressed than the kicad one), standard text >> heights are 1.8, 2.5, 3.5, 5, 7, 10, 14 and 20mm. For paper sizes A1-A3 >> the recommended sizes are 2.5/3.5mm (text and titles) A0 and A4 use >> respectively 3.5/5 and 1.8/2.5mm. >> >> So according to ISO, the most common text size would be 100mils (from >> this the rule for 200mils between labeled lines, to avoid confusion). >> >> IMHO this could be too big for current usage, unless you use large >> format printers. I sometime handled *junction sheets* in A0 size, only >> containing the index and intrasheet connections (something like a root >> sheet in hierarchical design). A termocouple conditioner was something >> like an A2 sheet... they where hand-drafted in the '80, however:P >> >> There is a trick however: since everything is designed to be up and down >> scaled across the A-series sizes, you can set paper to A3 and print to >> A4. Or A2 and print to A3. It's a miracle how it still stays legible... >> > > My primary concern is consistency. I am less concerned about the actual > text size. As of right now, there is no consistency that I can see in > the symbol libraries. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
