Re: icons of floating widgets in gui

[Torsten]

On 26.11.2012 22:36, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 11/26/2012 03:10 PM, Torsten wrote:
>> On 26.11.2012 10:26, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> [snip]
>>> However, black might not work if someone picks a theme for which the
>>> background is black (e.g., handheld device with OLED screen).  So, I was
>>> going to create a set of icons with cut and paste of the letters onto
>>> another layer in GIMP, then on a mid layer put a white box with black
>>> border, i.e.,
>>>
>>> Layer 1: Octave logo with transparencies
>>> Layer 2: White box with border
>>> Layer 3: Black letter
>>>
>>> then flatten the layers into a PNG image.  Haven't gotten that far yet.
>>>   I suspect they will look similar to the other set of icons, but with a
>>> letter description rather than a graphical depiction.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>
>> Good idea to make a background for the letters. What about filling the
>> circle for that purpose?
>>
>> Torsten
> 
> Not bad.  Preserves the logo that way.  I put the icon on a black
> background and it still looks fairly good.  (There's a little leaking
> right around the inner edge, but that's a minor fix.)
> 
> Dan

Attached a new set of icons following the last 'design' but no more
leaking and reduced contrast between background and letters.

Torsten

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