From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26170 invoked by alias); 30 Jul 2011 18:34:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 25822 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Jul 2011 18:33:40 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.83/v0.83-20-g38e4449) with ESMTP; Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:33:18 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 3CA022C0634; Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:33:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:34:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 256x256 px icons Message-ID: <20110730183315.GK26203@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <4E2EB916.6000501@etr-usa.com> <20110727074143.GV29727@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E304B49.2070308@etr-usa.com> <4E307EEA.7040404@etr-usa.com> <20110728090844.GA6200@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E327A08.108@etr-usa.com> <20110729094239.GD19240@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E32BFA8.2080907@etr-usa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E32BFA8.2080907@etr-usa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-07/txt/msg00174.txt.bz2 On Jul 29 08:11, Warren Young wrote: > On 7/29/2011 3:42 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Jul 29 03:14, Warren Young wrote: > >> Is there official vector logo art I can use? > > I don't think so, sorry. > > Okay, here's my take: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/traced-icon.svg > > This should probably be archived somewhere on cygwin.com. I won't > guarantee hosting for it. > > >I'd prefer to go for a lone C in the <= 32x32 sizes. > > Here's a combined icon -- same 5 sizes as before -- based on the new > vector logo, with the two parts individually stroked for contrast > against both light and dark backgrounds: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/stroked.ico > > Here's a version with heavy chiseled bevels and shadows added: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled.ico > > It only includes a 256 px version, since it's too much detail to > work at small sizes. You'd want to fill in the smaller sizes with a > simpler style, like the stroked C or the plain Konsole. > > The bevel depth and style can of course be varied, as can the shadow > angle, opacity, etc. If you don't like it but can describe what > you'd like better, I'll take a shot at creating it. What I'd like to see is the stroked and beveled variants in 48x48 with a light grey border of only 1 pixel, standalone, as well as in a terminal frame. > Here are some 3-D variants of the Cygwin logo, one inside the > Konsole terminal frame for MinTTY, and one with the logo alone for > broader purposes: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/mintty-icon/3d.ico In 256x256 this looks excellent, but I don't think this would work in 48x48. > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/3d.ico > > Again, 256 px only, for detail reasons. > > >>>What if the green glow around the black C glows a bit more? > > Try this on: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/glowing.ico > > It's not bad, but I prefer the stroked variants. Uh, uhm... no, that's not nice. It looks kind of sick. So far I like stroked and beveled, just the thick white frame is a bit too much. I don't know if and how that works, but the optimum would be a light frame which is just light enough to set the icon apart from a dark background, while it's not too light to be unpleasant on a light background. Is that possible at all? I don't know. Gimp is really uncooperative to me. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat