From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17024 invoked by alias); 16 Aug 2011 09:09:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 16983 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Aug 2011 09:08:40 -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; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:08:24 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 492602C0636; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:08:21 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:09:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 256x256 px icons Message-ID: <20110816090821.GI25129@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20110810102335.GD6563@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E428F62.4090001@etr-usa.com> <20110811103856.GC24478@calimero.vinschen.de> <4E44444A.2080700@etr-usa.com> <20110812065957.GH16226@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110813075830.GC4098@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110814111257.GJ4098@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: 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/msg00192.txt.bz2 On Aug 15 20:46, Andy Koppe wrote: > On 14 August 2011 12:12, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > Your attempts at 16x16, 24x24, and 32x32 definitely look better than > > mine.  Also, somehow I seem to have broken the terminal frame in 32x32. > > I didn't notice that before, but in direct comparison with your 32x32 > > it's quite obvious. > > > > As for 48x48 and 64x64, it seems the thicker original stroke results in > > a washed-out looking stroke in the inner part of the C, just below the > > wedge. Can you get rid of that washed-out look? > > I see what you mean. I think it's because the scaled-down stroke is > less than a pixel wide in theory, but due to its position it ends up > being divided between two pixel lines, so you get a two-pixel darkish > grey instead of a one-pixel light grey. Fixing this would require > redrawing the C at the high resolution in such a way that it maps to > whole pixels when scaling down. I'm afraid that's beyond my pay grade > though. Warren, if you've got any more spare time to spend on this ... > > Meanwhile, attached is the same again but with the 48x48 from your > current icon, and a 64x64 scaled down from your 256x256, because I > didn't like the C in the current 64x64 being bigger in relation to the > terminal frame than at the other sizes. The stroke probably is a bit > too dark though ... I created a new 64x64 icon with smaller C. Other than that I made a longish comparison of the small 16x16 and 24x24 icons on various backgrounds, and in contrast to what I said above, I think I prefer the slightly darker frames. Please have a look at http://cygwin.de/cygwin-terminal-beveled.ico. I think that should really do it. > >> > Maybe a terminal or a setup box with just a green wedge? > >> > >> Hmm, interesting idea. Attempt attached, with wedge-in-terminal > >> instead of the standalone logo at 16x16 and 24x24. I think I prefer > >> the logo though. > > > > What?  They are cute!  I like them a lot.  I'd like do the same with the > > setup icon. > > I still prefer the logo there because it provides a good connection > between the 16x16 window icon and the 32x32 taskbar icon on Vista/7, > as the logo is the same in both. Also, the logo is rather well > established, whereas the green wedge on its own wouldn't necessarily > be recognised as representing Cygwin. I agree. I tried that on the setup boxes and it just didn't look good. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat