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OK, it works pretty fine now... there is STILL one bug to fix: since 
the text routines shrinks or enlarge the requested width (otherwise 
text will look like crap) you 'lose' the wysiwyg in pcbnew (eeschema is 
no issue since you don't specify pen width)... and I fear it will apply 
to the gerber export, too :(

I even found a buglet in eeschema... if 
you insert a text comment with text # (a single pound, maybe even if it 
start with a pound), reloading fails (aborts the load a few line 
after).

The ~ syntax is made pervasive since there is no reason to 
keep the drawing routines with a parameter (and the ~ is not a useful 
character anyway). Added a 'bold' flag in the structs in parallel to 
the italic one. In eeschema is saved using pen width 0 for normal and 
width 1 for bold, so it should be compatible.

The postscript plotter 
was optimized too, instead of emitting complete line statements it 
emits full paths (i.e. before there was a PS path for each segment, now 
path are delimited); this removes some graphics artifacts (due to line 
cap/join handling) AND output size (when distilled there can be a 10% 
reduction in size). And a global variable less to care for :P

I attach 
a showcase plot and the patch in its current state (i.e. not cleaned up 
:P). For reference it is against SVN 1783. This is of course strictly 
for testing (like all svn things :P) but in these days I'm using it for 
production works without issues... (yes, they PAY me to use and modify 
kicad - the modify thing in my spare time at work :D)

Ah, the 
include/grfonte.h of course remain orphan after this...
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