Pcbnew : Custom font text on silkscreen

[Timothée Manaud]

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When adding text (silk, copper, mask, etc..) there is only one available font: the default engraving font (IMHO, not really a nice one).

R̲a̲t̲i̲o̲n̲a̲l̲e̲:̲
Because KiCad is getting known from more and more tinkerer, doing trinkets without enclosure (the product is the bare PCB itself), it would be nice to have custom font available to improve the final finish of the PCB, with fancy labels and custom texts on the silk screen.

W̲i̲s̲h̲e̲d̲ ̲f̲e̲a̲t̲u̲r̲e̲:̲
An option to select any system font for text, on any layer, and correct plotting feature.

W̲o̲r̲k̲a̲r̲o̲u̲n̲d̲:̲ ̲
create a PNG file (eg from Inkscape) with some text with your custom font, then convert it to a footprint with the bitmap to component converter, edit the resulting footprint to select the correct layer with a text editor, then import footprint (or add it to a empty component to the Eeschema or it will be removed at the text import).
But this is not acceptable as it requires lot of steps, and is not easily resizable and the layer cannot be selected.

note: the V6 roadmap announce custom font for Eeschema only.
ps: I've not found related issue, please feel free to link to duplicate or triage to whitelist

[KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor)]

KiCad bug tracker has moved to Gitlab. This report is now available here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2441