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How do I export text in proportional font to gerbers?

charonme
charonme over 6 years ago

My pcb design uses texts in the proportional font, but when I export to gerbers they have the texts in the vector font

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  • WarrenBrayshaw
    WarrenBrayshaw over 6 years ago +3
    Hi Text on a board that is more pleasing to the eye than vector font has been a request for a long time. Board production has historically required vector instructions. A discussion five years ago arose…
  • geralds
    geralds over 6 years ago +2
    Well, proportional fonts are not the best choice. Because proportional fonts have many special edges which cannot be clearly converted with high quality. You must at least convert to a vector format such…
  • autodeskguest
    autodeskguest over 6 years ago +1
    You likely have it set to vector all fonts, which is a good choice because the proportional font expands somewhat when output to cam. Unless they fixed it in a newer version than mine. On 4/26/2019 5:48…
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  • shabaz
    0 shabaz over 6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I think the answer is that you don't/can't, because Gerber files are vector based. Any text to be displayed on a PCB should be vector format in your board layout. As I understand, if you don't, and you keep it in proportional font, then you risk the text being of unknown length when converted to vector (not always a serious issue if you're not doing it in copper, but can make the PCB look ugly). So, general advice is to use vector.

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    0 shabaz over 6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I think the answer is that you don't/can't, because Gerber files are vector based. Any text to be displayed on a PCB should be vector format in your board layout. As I understand, if you don't, and you keep it in proportional font, then you risk the text being of unknown length when converted to vector (not always a serious issue if you're not doing it in copper, but can make the PCB look ugly). So, general advice is to use vector.

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  • autodeskguest
    0 autodeskguest over 6 years ago in reply to shabaz

    On 4/26/2019 15:27, shabaz wrote:

    Hi,

     

    I think the answer is that you don't/can't, because Gerber files are vector based. Any text to be displayed on a PCB should be vector format in your board layout. As I understand, if you don't, and you keep it in proportional font, then you risk the text being of unknown length when converted to vector (not always a serious issue if you're not doing it in copper, but can make the PCB look ugly). So, general advice is to use vector.

     

    Well, most fonts today is probably stored as a vector format so that

    should not be a direct problem. But the other problem is that gerber is

    an old legacy plotter format, and the main problem: with a finite pen

    width, while modern fonts are most likely stored as vectors defining an

    outline. They don't match up well.

     

    But they could in theory. If you choose a manufacturer with access to

    modern "bitmap plotters" (afaik, most non "garage" companies does), they

    support hires outlined gerber fill codes. Eagle could have utilized this

    both to speed up polygon fills for large designs, AND support any type

    of proportional font.

     

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