From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16519 invoked by alias); 2 Aug 2011 14:50:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 16508 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Aug 2011 14:50:03 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-pz0-f52.google.com (HELO mail-pz0-f52.google.com) (209.85.210.52) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:49:48 +0000 Received: by pzd13 with SMTP id 13so13977305pzd.11 for ; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:49:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.51.197 with SMTP id m5mr7830488pbo.503.1312296587488; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:49:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.66.35 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 07:49:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <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> <20110730183646.GM26203@calimero.vinschen.de> <20110801080730.GT26203@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:50:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 256x256 px icons From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00015.txt.bz2 On 1 August 2011 21:05, Andy Koppe wrote: > On 1 August 2011 09:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Jul 31 21:21, Andy Koppe wrote: >>> On 30 July 2011 21:22, Andy Koppe wrote: >>> > On 30 July 2011 19:36, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> >> On Jul 29 21:29, Andy Koppe wrote: >>> >>> Attached is my take on this, with 64x64, 48x48, 32x32 showing >>> >>> fatbuttlarry's Cygwin symbol inside the Konsole icon, and 16x16 >>> >>> showing the Cygwin symbol only. >>> >> >>> >> Not bad, but the green border around the C is too dark to set the >>> >> C apart from the background. =C2=A0The border needs some light grey = which >>> >> allows to recognize the C. >>> > >>> > I'm not sure how to do that, but the attached attempt turn up the >>> > saturation of the green outline. >>> > >>> > It also reduces the blurriness of the whole thing a bit. Apparently >>> > it's better to convert an SVG to a high-res bitmap and resize that >>> > down with a bitmap program such as Paint.net instead of converting the >>> > SVG straight to the target bitmap sizes (at least when using >>> > InkScape). >>> > >>> > The two attached icons differ at size 32: cygwin-terminal2.ico has the >>> > Cygwin-in-terminal there, whereas cygwin-terminal3.ico has just the >>> > Cygwin symbol. Size 32 shows up in the Windows 7 taskbar. >>> >>> Further to those two, here's one with the glowy Cygwin symbol all the >>> way from size 16 to 64. It's a "remastered" version of the one in >>> cygutils; a bit bigger and with the aforementioned brighter green >>> outline around the "C". >> >> Thanks. =C2=A0But, hmm. =C2=A0The longer I play with it, the less I like= the green >> glow. =C2=A0It adds an eerie touch to the C > > Now what's wrong with that? Cygwin - mean and a bit eerie. ;) > >> and it still doesn't set the C >> really apart on dark backgrounds. > > I disagree, looking at a desktop with a darkish picture and dark grey > taskbar and window borders. > >> I think we should go with a grey outline. > > I did eventually work out how to turn the outline of fatbuttlarry's > icon grey. See attachments. Having used both variants for a while, I agree that a grey outline does look better. Andy