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List:       kde-artists
Subject:    Re: K-ARTIST: svg style guide
From:       Ante Wessels <vitanova2 () softhome ! net>
Date:       2004-01-22 11:22:32
Message-ID: 200401221201.39223.vitanova2 () softhome ! net
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Some parts of the old icon guide can still be used, fi the principle of visual 
consistency does not change over time. 

Torsten, can we use what we need from the old guide?

If we keep this tread alive (do not change the subject header), we can discuss 
the new guide here and easily find back what we wrote. Write quotable and we 
can paste the results in the wiki.

Let's take another look at the krita icon. We can formalize our arguments. Up 
till now we said: too many details, not KISS. We can also do the Icon Math. 
Let's just count. 

The icon has 4 major elements, the inkglass, the pencil, the paper with 
landscape on it. 3 of them are fine. The inkglass will loose detail when 
scaled down, it will keep it's form. Pencil and piece of paper the same. 
There is just one real problem: the landscape. The smallest major element has 
about 10 shapes itself. Just count and you can know this will go wrong. 

The best icons have one element, a house for the home directory in the 
filemanager fi (both gnome and kde have this). The house can have more shapes 
itself, it can be scaled down, loose it's detail but will stay recognizable. 
An apple, a foot, a hand, a K, elements like this stay recognizable.

The more important the icon, the less elements should be used. 

Many artists loose themselves in the 128 x 128 space. Learning them to count 
will be of major importance.



On Martes 20 Enero 2004 01:53, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I checked in several SVGs into kdelibs a few minutes ago, including many
> > apps, which probably don't belong in kdelibs. Several files still have
> > "bugs" in them which, although not really ready to be checked in, show
> > the problems involved with the current situation in SVG Editors. Adobe
> > is a wonderfull company with more than a few secrets.
>
> Will they open in Karbon14-1.3?
>
> > Before everyone rushes out and starts editing the files with vi, I think
> > it would be good to discuss the alternatives.
> >
> > AFAIK there is no style guide for KDE SVGs. If I am not wrong, I think
> > that now would be a good time to start laying down a few ground rules.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Yes, we need a style guide.
>
> Issue #1, see attached.
>
> IMO, this icon simply has too much detail.  What will it look like at
> 22x22?
>
> --
> JRT

-- 

Cordialemente,

Ante



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