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> Yes, that would be nice to have pretty fonts on the layout, and also
> arbitrary bitmap. To be honest, I don't know how to implement that when it
> comes to gerber output.
> 
> Maybe with one of these?
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_raster-to-vector_conversion_software
> 
> Lev
> 
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Gabriel Paubert (paubert AT iram DOT es) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > 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)

here http://www.artwork.com/gerber/274x/rs274x.htm there are the primitives: Circle, Line vector, Line center, Liner-Lower left, Outline, Polygon, Moire, Thermal. I guess these primitives could make a font and I think the are macros in the gerber file formats. With macros for the characters there would be a gerber font.