On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 08:49:40AM -0000, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> http://timeguy.com/cradek/truetype
> 
> Is this anything?

Extracting the outlines from a TT is not difficult, actually... freetype
can give it to you ready to plot (FT_Outline_Decompose), you only have
to mess a little with quadric/cubic curves. The problem is that the
result at the small sizes used for silks and stuff is... well,
disappointing. That changes of course if you have access to photo-silk
instead of true silkscreening...

Also the cut-in feature for gerber fill seems a little tricky to use.
The problem outlined in pages 50-51 of the specs make me think a lot of
experimentation and care is needed.

I think it could be done (good quality results are not guaranteed,
anyway...). There *is* a reason for the major cad manufacturer to
recommend stroke fonts in place of outline ones.

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Lorenzo Marcantonio
Logos Srl

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