On Aug 2 15:49, Andy Koppe wrote: > 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. The 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. But, hmm. The longer I play with it, the less I like the green > >> glow. It 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.
I tried your icons on my desktop and the standalone icon looks good. In the terminal icons the beveled C looks better than the fatbuttlarry C, cleaner, crisper. It's also easier to distinguish from the dark background, but that's probably just because you used a darker shade of grey for the frame. In the terminal window, a lighter grey really doesn't hurt. Generally it looks like your C's are a pixel or two smaller, except in the smallest sizes. Gimp shows that you're always leaving a transparent frame of at least one pixel. Any reason for that? I guess we're getting close to the end result now. The question is just, should we use fatbuttlarry's bubbly C, or Warrens beveled C? I like both. The beveled C exists in 256x256, too. I like the beveled C better in the terminal frame, but I like the bubbly C better standalone. Maybe we can just use both in this combination? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat