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Subject: [geda-user] adding arbitrary text capability to footprint creation
From: Britton Kerin <britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com>
To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
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I've had some costly time-wasting communication failures with board houses
that could probably be avoided with notes on the silk.

I use Pcb_9.pm to make non-standard footprints.  I'd like to be able to add
arbitrary bits of silkscreen text to footprints, besides the refdes.

Last I checked there is not direct support for this in footprint files,
is this still true?

If so, my plan is to use the stroke font in pcb-20140316/src/default_font
and draw its characters using Pcb_9 lines.

Reasonable or is there a better way lurking nearby?

Britton