Alternative line font?

[mxa]

I know we can use any outline system font now (yay!), but my question is: Can we also use another line (hershey) font other than the KiCad line font?
I see two advantages: 1. the line width can be set within KiCad easily, 2. it keeps the Gerber files small.

[eelik]

Forum search for hershey gives this:

Designing a custom single stroke font

Hi! I’ve been wondering if it is possible to design a custom font that works in a similar way to the default NewStroke font. It’s defined by a single stroke, and allows you to set a custom stroke width in the pcb editor. External fonts that come in standard font formats don’t allow this. The NewStroke font can be edited in the kicad symbol editor, and is composed of polygons : [image] My question is, can i modify the default font and somehow export it, so that it can be used by kicad in the …