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On Tue, 2015-09-22 at 19:30 +0200, Nicklas Karlsson
(nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > Yes -- I had only silk layer fonts in mind, and there different
> > appearance is not a big problem. Copper font must be fixed. For
> > what do
> > we use copper fonts? I used the words "layer 0", "layer 1" ... only
> > to
> > indicate correct orientation for the fab house.
> 
> Do you think it is a good idea with a different implementation for
> fonts on silkscreen and fonts on copper layer?

I think fonts for screen display should look as beautiful as possible,
and drawing speed should be as fast as possible. So use native fonts.
For gerber file -- silk and copper -- we can not use native fonts, but
have to construct it from lines and arcs. Disadvantage is that screen
display and gerber display looks not exactly the same. For me that is
OK, others may not like it. For copper, we may enforce the gerber font
for screen display to guarantee identical layout. And we may offer
gerber font for screen display for people who like that better.

Sorry, fully abstract theoretical opinion only.