From: Warren Young <warren@etr-usa.com>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: 256x256 px icons
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:15:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E327A08.108@etr-usa.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110728090844.GA6200@calimero.vinschen.de>
Collecting all Corinna reply answers here:
On 7/28/2011 3:08 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> It seems that black was a bad choice for the Cygwin C.
Is there a reason we cannot change it now? I don't see that Red Hat has
filed a US trademark on the logo. Even if they had, it's usually better
to file without reference to color. Ref: http://goo.gl/MXIbK
Is the new color scheme on cygwin.com just someone's disconnected idea,
or is it part of the product's current identity? Perhaps green and
black is démodé?
> the longer I see the 48x48 icon on my desctop, the more I like
> it.
You mean the second version, with the bright Cygwin logo alone in the
terminal window, rather than the original "with text" composite?
We can mix-and-match. We could go for a lone Konsole icon for the
smaller sizes and add the Cygwin C only at larger sizes, for example.
That's one of the freedoms you buy when you include multiple sizes in a
single icon file.
At the largest size, we'd have enough resolution to add some text back
in. Imagine a green glass tty look with, say, autoconf output, scaled
for a proper 80x25 grid?
> The lighter the terminal background gets, the less it's recognized
> as a terminal background.
True.
The only reason to do that is to improve contrast, and as you point out,
changing the foreground brightness instead also accomplishes that.
> What if the green glow around the black C glows a bit more?
Totally doable. The main limit is taste, not tech.
> What if the green glow is replaced with a pretty light grey glow, just
> to help distinguishing the C from the background?
Yes. You also have choices of mattes, strokes, bevels, etc.
I'm also a fair hand with 3D, which gets you specular highlights,
shadows and suchlike, which can help a logo pop off a dark background.
Is there official vector logo art I can use? I can do my own tracing,
but if there's something official, I'd rather start from that.
> It would probably be easier if I could handle gimp better
Let me handle this, ma'am. I'm a trained professional. >:)
(One of my day job hats is graphics-monkey-by-default, 2D since 1995, 3D
since 2007.)
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Thread overview: 167+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-25 9:12 SETUP: default to mintty Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-25 11:49 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-25 12:24 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-25 20:18 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-25 23:42 ` Chris Sutcliffe
2011-07-26 0:10 ` Charles Wilson
2011-07-26 0:20 ` Charles Wilson
2011-07-26 11:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-26 12:55 ` 256x256 px icons Warren Young
2011-07-27 7:42 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-27 17:31 ` Warren Young
2011-07-27 20:04 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-27 21:11 ` Warren Young
2011-07-28 5:50 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-28 9:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-28 10:27 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-28 10:54 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-29 9:15 ` Warren Young [this message]
2011-07-29 9:43 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-29 11:26 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-29 14:12 ` Warren Young
2011-07-29 15:22 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2011-07-29 15:32 ` Warren Young
2011-07-29 16:22 ` Warren Young
2011-07-30 18:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-29 20:29 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-30 18:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-30 20:22 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-31 20:21 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-01 8:08 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-01 20:05 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-02 14:50 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-02 15:25 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-02 15:45 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-02 16:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-03 5:55 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-03 7:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-04 5:50 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-04 8:39 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-04 13:19 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-04 14:30 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-04 17:24 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-04 18:17 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-05 17:47 ` Warren Young
2011-08-05 15:06 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-05 15:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-05 15:57 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-05 20:23 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-05 16:13 ` Warren Young
2011-08-05 17:51 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-05 18:41 ` Warren Young
2011-08-05 17:35 ` Warren Young
2011-08-05 19:08 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-05 20:24 ` Warren Young
2011-08-06 8:29 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-06 10:47 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-06 17:44 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-06 18:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-07 10:08 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-08 16:44 ` Warren Young
2011-08-08 17:10 ` Warren Young
2011-08-08 20:40 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-08 16:43 ` Warren Young
2011-08-08 20:44 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-08 22:28 ` Warren Young
2011-08-09 7:26 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-10 8:48 ` Warren Young
2011-08-10 10:08 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-10 10:24 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-10 14:02 ` Warren Young
2011-08-11 10:39 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-11 21:06 ` Warren Young
2011-08-12 7:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-12 9:13 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-12 19:38 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-15 14:33 ` Warren Young
2011-08-15 15:45 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-15 16:00 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-15 18:26 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-15 18:00 ` Warren Young
2011-08-15 15:57 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-12 19:38 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-13 7:59 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-13 20:35 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-14 11:13 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-15 19:46 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-16 9:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-16 14:16 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-16 14:32 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-16 18:41 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-17 15:14 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-15 17:52 ` Warren Young
2011-08-15 17:58 ` Chris Sutcliffe
2011-08-15 18:02 ` Warren Young
2011-08-15 19:52 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-15 21:10 ` Warren Young
2011-08-16 8:36 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-16 19:28 ` Warren Young
2011-08-17 15:47 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-17 19:03 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-18 11:26 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-18 21:07 ` setup.exe opening page graphic Warren Young
2011-08-19 15:40 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-19 22:23 ` Warren Young
2011-08-19 22:25 ` Warren Young
2011-08-20 11:17 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-22 18:36 ` Warren Young
2011-08-23 14:15 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-30 8:32 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-30 19:52 ` Warren Young
2011-08-31 9:42 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-31 13:56 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-31 18:49 ` Warren Young
2011-08-31 20:57 ` Charles Wilson
2011-09-01 7:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-09-01 7:27 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-09-01 7:33 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-16 7:51 ` 256x256 px icons Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-16 16:17 ` Warren Young
2011-08-10 10:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-08 16:57 ` Warren Young
2011-08-08 20:46 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-08 22:38 ` Warren Young
2011-08-09 7:18 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-09 8:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-29 20:51 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-30 18:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-30 20:24 ` Cygwin Icons (Re: 256x256 px icons) Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-31 8:26 ` 256x256 px icons Andy Koppe
2011-07-29 8:25 ` Warren Young
2011-07-27 22:26 ` Charles Wilson
2011-07-28 5:52 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-14 8:18 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-14 11:16 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-15 14:44 ` Warren Young
2011-08-15 16:03 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-26 13:46 ` SETUP: default to mintty Charles Wilson
2011-07-26 15:01 ` Warren Young
2011-07-25 23:59 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-07-26 8:17 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-26 13:20 ` modernized icon Warren Young
2011-07-26 19:37 ` SETUP: default to mintty Andy Koppe
2011-07-26 19:52 ` Charles Wilson
2011-07-27 7:24 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-27 7:46 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-27 8:07 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-27 9:44 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-27 15:15 ` Andy Koppe
2011-07-27 15:53 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-27 16:38 ` Christopher Faylor
2011-08-03 14:44 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-03 15:45 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-03 20:37 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-03 23:38 ` Warren Young
2011-08-04 5:18 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-04 9:09 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-04 10:26 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-05 20:05 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-05 20:46 ` Warren Young
2011-08-06 8:11 ` Andy Koppe
2011-08-05 21:26 ` Charles Wilson
2011-08-06 8:30 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-04 9:08 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-08-04 9:41 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-26 22:03 ` Warren Young
2011-07-27 7:08 ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-07-27 7:30 ` Andy Koppe
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