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Unfortunately, Eagle does not support normal-looking fonts, and I can't stand the default vectorized font. So I create my text as a bitmap and import it into Eagle. Here is the process:

• Open my “LocalTalk Adapter Text” file
• Update anything in it (remember, don't anti-alias…we only want black as a color)
• Export it as a BMP
• Resize the BMP to 624×115 pixels
• Run Eagle's import-bmp.ulp script
• Choose black as the only color to import (No scan, click checkbox on black color in upper left)
• Enter 2.3 mils per pixel
• It'll import into layer 200.
• Delete the explanatory text that imported at the bottom of layer 200.
• Hide layer 200.
• Select all on the tNames layer.
• Delete all on the tNames layer.
• Show layer 200 again.
• Select all on layer 200.
• Click on Change→Layer… and choose tNames.
• Control-right-click to change layer of all selected objects to tNames.
• All done! Save the library and update on the PCB!