Power pin positioning about horizon-pool-convention HOT 5 CLOSED

horizon-eda/horizon@7c432b2 adds support for horizontal text on vertical pins

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TBH, I'm still a fan of keeping the top and bottom of a (rectangular) symbol pin-free. It plays along nicely with most schematics' signal flow from left to right and doesn't take too much additional space. Some examples from KiCAD:

But aesthetics are a matter of opinion, of course. With the perpendicular pin names of horizon-eda/horizon@c345cf4 a lot of the pain points for me of power pins on the top and bottom are addressed. If we want these pins on the top and bottom, I'd wager for having the same name orientation for all pins.

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As mentioned here, power pins on the top and bottom could look something like this:

If you want to play around, you can check out this symbol via its PR.

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@carrotIndustries, @atoav: Any comments on this?

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With the recent input from @carrotIndustries in horizon-eda/horizon-pool#11 (comment) I’d consider this issue resolved for now. As always, I’m happy to re-open it if anyone has additional comments!

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