Whoops, forgot the comparison pic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/danomatika/35548999851/in/photolist-WakV9x <https://www.flickr.com/photos/danomatika/35548999851/in/photolist-WakV9x>
> On Jul 3, 2017, at 12:10 AM, Dan Wilcox <danomat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The new icon is growing on me, mainly in that it clearly scales better. > > I think what is bothering me about it is mainly that the proportions see a > bit off when compared to both other macOS icons and the existing vanilla and > extended icons. > > My 2 cents: > > * the new one is too wide and thin, doesn't quite fit into the overall square > profile of the macOS icons > * I don't think it needs the tilde > * the bang button is too small > * the line weight on the edges is too thin and gets lost on small zoom lenses > as compared to the other icons > * the horz center gradient is still a little much, maybe the more blurred > gradient on the extended icon works better? > * I'm assuming the font use is Deja Sans Mono? > > I think it just needs some tweaks to find a more middle ground with the > vanilla and extended icon. > >> On Jun 28, 2017, at 4:56 AM, pd-dev-requ...@lists.iem.at >> <mailto:pd-dev-requ...@lists.iem.at> wrote: >> >> From: Paul Rankin <he...@paulwrankin.com <mailto:he...@paulwrankin.com>> >> Subject: Re: [PD-dev] Update to extended icons? >> Date: June 28, 2017 at 3:10:48 AM GMT+2 >> To: Miller Puckette <m...@ucsd.edu <mailto:m...@ucsd.edu>> >> Cc: Dan Wilcox <danomat...@gmail.com <mailto:danomat...@gmail.com>>, >> pd-...@iem.at <mailto:pd-...@iem.at> >> >> >> Whichever you go with, here's a script for converting PNG files into retina >> *.icns: >> https://gist.github.com/rnkn/d29fcfbf1c46f9c1465468b8965175b6 >> <https://gist.github.com/rnkn/d29fcfbf1c46f9c1465468b8965175b6> >> >> Input needs to be PNG 1024 x 1024. >> >> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017, at 11:01 AM, Miller Puckette wrote: >>> Anyway, if there's better stuff about I'm happy to grab it. >>> >>> I have a copy of Pd extended (I think pretty much the latest one) >>> squirreled away - I just stuck a copy of their icons here: >>> >>> http://msp.ucsd.edu/tmp/pd-extended-icons.zip >>> <http://msp.ucsd.edu/tmp/pd-extended-icons.zip> >>> >>> I can't judge what makes a good mac icon (anything on a mac screen is >>> ugly to me :) >> >> An emoticon closing a parenthetical?!? >> >> -- >> www.paulwrankin.com <http://www.paulwrankin.com/> > -------- > Dan Wilcox > @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> > danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> > robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> > > > -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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