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On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 01:22:06AM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> "Lev (leventelist AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> > Yes, text is not yet implemented. My take on this is to use graphical
> > primitives, and draw texts from those, just like gEDA/pcb uses lines.
> 
> If you are considering a change to how text is implemented, please
> seriously consider UTF8 plus TrueType (or other external fonts) rather
> than one hard-coded 7-bit stick-figure font.

Seconded, but I have 2 questions:

Is is possible to guarantee a minimal set of available fonts on any system?
(Honestly I have no idea, I use TeX, never MSOffice or LibreOffice for
writing documents).

A good library to transform UTF8 8 to vector/polygons that can be used
for Gerber/gcode? 
(Maybe related to the first)

    Gabriel