On 1/15/2018 11:51 AM, Andrzej Wolski wrote:
> It may not have a lot of use, but it is nice to have.
> I least I sometimes like to work in outline mode.
>
> I don't see a reason why TrueType fonts cant be displayed in outline
> mode, they will look even better than stroke fonts.
The issue is converting to TT fonts to stroke fonts for accurate output
to plot (gerber) files. This is why we don't use them in Pcbnew.
>
> I identified this problem to a fact that drawSingleLineText uses drawPolyline which draws only filled lines.
> I am not sure how to properly fix this.
>
On 1/15/2018 11:51 AM, Andrzej Wolski wrote:
> It may not have a lot of use, but it is nice to have.
> I least I sometimes like to work in outline mode.
>
> I don't see a reason why TrueType fonts cant be displayed in outline
> mode, they will look even better than stroke fonts.
The issue is converting to TT fonts to stroke fonts for accurate output
to plot (gerber) files. This is why we don't use them in Pcbnew.
>
> I identified this problem to a fact that drawSingleLineText uses drawPolyline which draws only filled lines.
> I am not sure how to properly fix this.
>