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Message #24209
Re: Bitmap fonts
Hi,
On 14.04.2016 11:33, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> Currently, the most expensive thing to draw is stroked text, as there
> are lots of labels on tracks and pads. To reduce the drawing cost (and
> memory requirements), texts that are not targeted to Gerber files (i.e.
> pad & track labels) might be displayed using bitmap fonts. This way, a
> single letter cost is reduced from tens of triangles to just two.
Do these actually need to be stored, or can they be generated on the fly
from some simpler representation?
Simon
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