On 27 July 2011 18:30, Warren Young wrote: > On 7/27/2011 1:41 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> >> You say you already have created such icon files before. Would you >> have fun to create a new "official" cygwin.ico? > > Here you go: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/mintty-icon/combined.ico > > That file contains a 256 px 32 bpp (RGBA) Vista (PNG) icon plus standard BMP > icons in 48 px 32 bpp, 32 px 8 bpp, 24 px 8 bpp, and 16 px 8 bpp sizes and > depths. If you look at the directory view, you can see the source files > that went into this.
Thanks very much for putting in this effort. However, there are a number of problems. In increasing order of subjectivity: - The 16x16 has white dots in the corners. - There are black edges around the icons. Those need to be transparent. - Contrast and saturation are rather low. I think it would be better to overlay the Cygwin symbol on top of the terminal rather than blending them. - The terminal's screen is too busy with both the prompt and the 'C'. I think the ">_" would need to go. - Even then, I'm not convinced this will be as good as either of the original icons, because it will still look like a compromise, with the glossy Cygwin symbol sticking out of the more matte terminal screen in the bigger versions and getting squashed in the 16x16 version. Andy
