From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18938 invoked by alias); 9 Aug 2011 07:26:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 18531 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Aug 2011 07:25:50 -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; Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:25:37 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 663712C03BB; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 09:25:34 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:26:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 256x256 px icons Message-ID: <20110809072534.GS11601@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20110802152428.GC8652@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E3C29DE.7010000@etr-usa.com> <20110806082812.GS21692@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110806174346.GA11601@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E4011FF.30805@etr-usa.com> <20110808204351.GP11601@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E4062F8.5020508@etr-usa.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E4062F8.5020508@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: 2011-08/txt/msg00103.txt.bz2 On Aug 8 16:28, Warren Young wrote: > On 8/8/2011 2:43 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > If you have a way to create a C which > >is not handdrawn *and* stands out, I would very much like to see it. > > That's why I quoted Andy: increasing the stroke width can help. By > starting with a much thicker outer stroke, you end up with a > brighter yet still AA'd outline. > > You can also play with (x, y) placement and the sampling algorithm. > > An 8 px white stroke on black scaled 256:32 (8x) will not > necessarily end up a single 1 px white stroke on black. Given a > case where that happens, then shifting the line 4 px from that > position, downsampling can give you two 50% gray lines side by side > if the algorithm interprets the source image as having half the line > on one side of the pixel boundary and half on the other. Then if > you leave the line where it is, 4 px "off" optimal for one algorithm > but use a different sampling algorithm, you might get good results > again. Erm... say that again? Here's where you're losing me. I don't even know how to make the stroke thicker unless it would be a big, square block. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat