Re: preview-latex icon proposal

* David Kastrup (2005-02-17) writes:

> Ralf Angeli <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> I modified the manikin a bit in order to have its feet aligned with
>> the pile of sand (or whatever that is).  Anyway, Jan-Åke's triangles
>> provided a bit more space for the manikin.  That's why it might look
>> a little clearer there.  Maybe we would get the best results by
>> putting the last version of the manikin into Jan-Åke's triangles.
>
> For the small sizes, the combination with Jan-Åke's triangles looks
> better.  However, also for the small sizes I recommend that you don't
> confine yourself strictly to the free area in the triangles.  For
> example, with my triangles there tends to be a half-red bottom line in
> the inner area.  This can be overwritten partly with the manikin, I
> guess, and if it reaches into the rest of the triangle in the upper
> areas, this is ol for the low-res icons, too.

If you look closely at the last icon in the "DK+man" row, you can see
that I already did this.  The result is that the guy looks like he is
walking through a swamp. (c:

> Another thing to notice is how well the transparency works out (if you
> are reading my original message in Gnus, just mark the region with the
> icons with the mouse): the proposed new triangles blend well with the
> surroundings: I have not been able to check with the others, seeing
> them only intransparent.

The 24px triangle has a lighter border (haven't checked the others).
Together with the lighter border on the inner side it looks a bit more
plastic(?) and modern.  But I guess the lighter border gives the
notion of anti-aliasing only on light backgrounds.  A pity that XPM
does not support alpha-channel transparency.

> Anyway, from the last shot you sent, the 12 and 16 pixel versions I'd
> give Jan-Åke's version the preference, for the 20 and 24 pixel
> version, mine...

I'll try to come up with an enhanced proposal as soon as I find time
for it.  Alternatively, if somebody wants to have PNG versions (with
alpha-channel transparency) of the manikin for for experimenting with
it (or even the SVG original), just drop me a mail.

-- 
Ralf


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