topic Re: Text Outputted as Vector in EAGLE Forum

Text Outputted as Vector

Mschindl — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 06:10:10 GMT

I placed proportional text on my board, and I realized when I had them fabricated that they were outputted as vector text. Is there a setting I can use to change that, I would like the text to come out proportional. Is there also a way to change fonts?

Re: Text Outputted as Vector

jltharin — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 08:40:54 GMT

Hello @Mschindl,

Not to my knowledge. Apparently the creation of Gerber files, convert automatically the text in eagle in Vector font. No way to have Proportional font.

I used this follow link "SVG to image" to convert SVG image (image of texts with custom font) to polygon into eagle to put personal font.
It a bit time consuming, specially for cosmetic thing, but it works. I added on my PCB logo and texts in Font Arial for example with this method.

It's the only way that I found who works for me:

Have a nice day!

jltharin

Re: Text Outputted as Vector

jorge_garcia — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 22:08:00 GMT

Hi Mschindl,

I hope you're doing well. Currently, the gerber output of EAGLE only supports vector font. So any proprotional text gets converted to vector on output. In general for the PCB it's best to use vector font.

We are very aware of the limitation this imposes and we are working to correct it.

Please let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

Re: Text Outputted as Vector

rtscapovilla — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:53:55 GMT

Hello, I don't understand the reason to have other font if in the gerber output only Vector are created. Has this font limitation already been resolved? Tks

Re: Text Outputted as Vector

rtscapovilla — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:58:45 GMT

Hello, I don't understand the reason to have other font if in the gerber output only Vector are created. Has this font limitation already been resolved? Tks

Re: Text Outputted as Vector

jorge_garcia — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:19:00 GMT

Hi @rtscapovilla ,

I hope you're doing well. Fusion 360 now allows the gerber export to use any font, but this hasn't been backported into EAGLE.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,