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Re: 256x256 px icons


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. ÂAlso, 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? ÂThey are cute! ÂI like them a lot. ÂI'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

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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