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putting copyright symbol in PCB

autodeskguest

I'd like to put the copyright ("c" within a circle) symbol within text on a

PCB, like this:

 

 

 

I tried to use the ascii character copied into the clipboard and in the text

info dialog window it shows fine, but on the PCB it is a comma-looking

character.

 

I know that I could manually draw it, but then if I move it around there is

a greater chance I'll not properly copy all the pieces.  I could also make

it a package, but again it would then be seperate from the text that may

move around the board throughout layout.

 

Is there a more inherent internal mechanism to support high-order ascii

characters such as the copyright symbol?

 

thanks,

..dane

 

 

 

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  • Tilmann Reh wrote:

     

    Please note that ulrimately when generating production output,

    like Gerber files, for instance, you might end up losing those

    characters again, because they are not supported by Gerber.

     

    Not if they were existent in the vector font.

     

    However I do agree that the expense of integrating 8 bit fonts is not

    reasonably related to its advantages.

     

    one problem is that you had to choose one character set and there will

    be customers wanting another one... You need UTF8 these days if you

    want to provide more than 7 bit.

     

    I would rather like hershey font characters for the lower 7 bits...

    image

     

    Would be nicer than the current font, although I don't care much about

    font cosmetics on boards and schematics.

     

    The most important criterion for me is to get the smallest possible

    text for a given minimum trace width. The Eagle font with 15% ratio

    did a good job regarding this.

     

    Do you think that there are better suited Hershey fonts?

     

    Oliver

     

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  • Tilmann Reh wrote:

     

    Please note that ulrimately when generating production output,

    like Gerber files, for instance, you might end up losing those

    characters again, because they are not supported by Gerber.

     

    Not if they were existent in the vector font.

     

    However I do agree that the expense of integrating 8 bit fonts is not

    reasonably related to its advantages.

     

    one problem is that you had to choose one character set and there will

    be customers wanting another one... You need UTF8 these days if you

    want to provide more than 7 bit.

     

    I would rather like hershey font characters for the lower 7 bits...

    image

     

    Would be nicer than the current font, although I don't care much about

    font cosmetics on boards and schematics.

     

    The most important criterion for me is to get the smallest possible

    text for a given minimum trace width. The Eagle font with 15% ratio

    did a good job regarding this.

     

    Do you think that there are better suited Hershey fonts?

     

    Oliver

     

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