I am trying to place some instructions for the operation of controls onto the silkscreen of an unused area of the PCB. The drawing tools in PCB are too simplistic, so I am preparing the design in Inkscape (which uses SVG natively). No matter what format I prepare and import -- I've tried the original SVG, PNG at 300 and 2400dpi, 1-bit BMP at 2400dpi -- it always seems to be autotraced crudely at a low resolution.
Screen capture of design (ignore Inkscape's blue grid background; ovals are 170mil / 4.3mm tall):
![image.png](//image.easyeda.com/pullimage/pRSuhZEnLqlnLTz9zrtAJlLeNRiGkQIYlhHfhdC6.png)
Screen capture of imported 2400dpi BMP:
![image.png](//image.easyeda.com/pullimage/DPK6Ixo2xFjHD35iNqtUltlXHcIu37cxmAjyPCaa.png)
Trying to place the actual SVG is, a bit surprisingly, the worst result... almost completely unrecognizable.
From this experience, I have two questions:
1) Could someone help me understand how the placed image is being processed, and
2) How can I prepare an image for the most accurate reproduction?
Thank you