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Nicklas Karlsson wrote:

> If connection check ignores text in copper it will not notice if
> they short circuit and this is probably an example for the main
> argument I had. The idea had was that text is transformed to the
> same simple drawing primitives used for all other objects and then
> this transformation have been done there would be no need for any
> special handling of text.

Current pcb format has characters defined by regular strokes. So no 
need for a transform. DRC and connection-check ignore text anyway.


> Summary:
> In both cases text is stored as text in pcb layout file. In both
> cases it is possible to chose suitable rules for rendering and I
> guess there may be a conflict between something good looking at
> screen and suitable for printing as a silkscreen.

IMHO, the geometry shown on screen should be as close as possible to 
the shapes the fab is expected to produce. This is one of the few 
instances where what-you-see-is-what-you-get actually makes sense.

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