Index: read.c
===================================================================
--- read.c	(revision 33999)
+++ read.c	(revision 34000)
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@
 static int parse_pcb_text(lht_read_t *rctx, pcb_layer_t *ly, lht_node_t *obj)
 {
 	pcb_text_t *text;
-	lht_node_t *role, *nthickness, *nrot, *ndir;
+	lht_node_t *role, *nthickness, *nclearance, *nrot, *ndir;
 	int tmp, err = 0, dir;
 	unsigned char intconn = 0;
 	long int id;
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@
 	err |= parse_text(&text->TextString, hash_get(obj, "string", 0));
 
 	nthickness = lht_dom_hash_get(obj, "thickness");
+	nclearance = lht_dom_hash_get(obj, "clearance");
 	nrot = lht_dom_hash_get(obj, "rot");
 	ndir = lht_dom_hash_get(obj, "direction");
 
@@ -1080,6 +1081,14 @@
 	else
 		text->thickness = 0;
 
+	if (nclearance != NULL) {
+		if (rctx->rdver < 8)
+			iolht_warn(rctx, nthickness, -1, "Text clearance should not be present in a file with version lower than v8\n");
+		err |= parse_coord(&text->clearance, nclearance);
+	}
+	else
+		text->clearance = 0;
+
 	if ((ndir != NULL) && (rctx->rdver >= 6))
 		iolht_warn(rctx, nthickness, -1, "Text direction should not be present in a file with version higher than v5 - use text rot instead\n");
 
Index: write.c
===================================================================
--- write.c	(revision 33999)
+++ write.c	(revision 34000)
@@ -753,6 +753,15 @@
 	lht_dom_hash_put(obj, build_textf("x", CFMT, text->X));
 	lht_dom_hash_put(obj, build_textf("y", CFMT, text->Y));
 
+	if (wrver >= 8) {
+		if (text->clearance != 0)
+			lht_dom_hash_put(obj, build_textf("clearance", CFMT, text->clearance));
+		else
+			lht_dom_hash_put(obj, dummy_text_node("clearance"));
+	}
+	else if (text->clearance != 0)
+		pcb_io_incompat_save(NULL, (pcb_any_obj_t *)text, "text-clearance", "file format does not support custom text clearance value", "do not use text clearance or save in lihata >=v8");
+
 	if (wrver >= 7) {
 		if (text->Scale != 0)
 			lht_dom_hash_put(obj, build_textf("scale", "%d", text->Scale));