On Jul 29 08:11, Warren Young wrote: > On 7/29/2011 3:42 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Jul 29 03:14, Warren Young wrote: > >> Is there official vector logo art I can use? > > I don't think so, sorry. > > Okay, here's my take: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/traced-icon.svg > > This should probably be archived somewhere on cygwin.com. I won't > guarantee hosting for it. > > >I'd prefer to go for a lone C in the <= 32x32 sizes. > > Here's a combined icon -- same 5 sizes as before -- based on the new > vector logo, with the two parts individually stroked for contrast > against both light and dark backgrounds: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/stroked.ico > > Here's a version with heavy chiseled bevels and shadows added: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/beveled.ico > > It only includes a 256 px version, since it's too much detail to > work at small sizes. You'd want to fill in the smaller sizes with a > simpler style, like the stroked C or the plain Konsole. > > The bevel depth and style can of course be varied, as can the shadow > angle, opacity, etc. If you don't like it but can describe what > you'd like better, I'll take a shot at creating it.
What I'd like to see is the stroked and beveled variants in 48x48 with a light grey border of only 1 pixel, standalone, as well as in a terminal frame. > Here are some 3-D variants of the Cygwin logo, one inside the > Konsole terminal frame for MinTTY, and one with the logo alone for > broader purposes: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/mintty-icon/3d.ico In 256x256 this looks excellent, but I don't think this would work in 48x48. > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/3d.ico > > Again, 256 px only, for detail reasons. > > >>>What if the green glow around the black C glows a bit more? > > Try this on: > > http://etr-usa.com/cygwin/logo/glowing.ico > > It's not bad, but I prefer the stroked variants. Uh, uhm... no, that's not nice. It looks kind of sick. So far I like stroked and beveled, just the thick white frame is a bit too much. I don't know if and how that works, but the optimum would be a light frame which is just light enough to set the icon apart from a dark background, while it's not too light to be unpleasant on a light background. Is that possible at all? I don't know. Gimp is really uncooperative to me. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat