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diff --git a/helpers/tools_to_build_newstroke-font/README.txt b/helpers/tools_to_build_newstroke-font/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..152b34f --- /dev/null +++ b/helpers/tools_to_build_newstroke-font/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Newstroke Font Readme +===================== + +Newstroke is a stroke (plotter) font originally designed for KiCAD. + +Project homepage: http://vovanium.ru/sledy/newstroke + +Files +----- +font.lib - main glyph library in KiCAD library format +symbol.lib - glyph library for most math, tech and other symbols +font_draft1.lib - old draft glyph library with the metrics from Hersheys Simplex +font.pro - KiCAD project +charlist.txt - unicode glyph map list +fontconv.awk - AWK script for 'compiling' project to c-source used by KiCAD +newstroke_font.h - generated c header with font + +Requirements +------------ +KiCAD (http://kicad.sourceforge.net/) - for glyph editing +AWK - for font generating + +Usage +----- +* Edit glyps with KiCAD EESchema library editor. +* Add Unicode positions to charlist. +* Generate font using following command line: + +awk -f fontconv.awk symbol.lib font.lib charlist.txt >newstroke_font.h + + +Released under CC0 licence. |