[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: keyboard2 moved to kdereview
From:       Andriy Rysin <arysin () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-05-01 17:22:46
Message-ID: x2v3e02eb611005011022jb1660495tba6e082960c269af () mail ! gmail ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

2010/5/1 Ingo Kl=F6cker <kloecker@kde.org>

> On Friday 30 April 2010, Andriy Rysin wrote:
> > 2010/4/29 Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
> > > On April 25, 2010, Andriy Rysin wrote:
> > > > drawing the text I need to find a way to leave the taskbar
> > > > background (but this was also the problem before).
> > >
> > > looking at the code in Flags, i think i can see the problem: you
> > > probably just
> > > need to fill the pixmap first with Qt::transparent so the
> > > background is, well,
> > > transparent :) then you can paint the text, flag, etc over top of
> > > that.
> >
> > yep, I found it today and already pushed the code for transparency
> > The problem with text over the flag is that it's hard to find the
> > right way to paint readable text with all the possible flag colors
> > and their combination. So for now it'll be either text or flag, so
> > far the early feedback was pretty positive.
>
> Drawing a dark outline around white text usually is a good solution for
> this problem. To get something like an outline which also looks good for
> small fonts you could draw the text in black, then blur it and then draw
> the text in white over the blurred black text.
>
> That's very similar to what was done before, though as flags are quite
different in size/colors/darkness, the white text was drawn with black one
shifted 1px for a shadow, plus flags had to be dimmed otherwise text was no=
t
readable anyway. Even though the final text image was more or less readable
on most flags it was quite ugly both code- and look-wise...
I'm really starting to like "flag-only"/"text-only" solution  better.

Thanks,
Andriy

[Attachment #3 (text/html)]

<div class="gmail_quote">2010/5/1 Ingo Klöcker <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:kloecker@kde.org">kloecker@kde.org</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Friday 30 April 2010, Andriy Rysin \
wrote:<br> &gt; 2010/4/29 Aaron J. Seigo &lt;<a \
href="mailto:aseigo@kde.org">aseigo@kde.org</a>&gt;<br> &gt; &gt; On April 25, 2010, \
Andriy Rysin wrote:<br> </div><div class="im">&gt; &gt; &gt; drawing the text I need \
to find a way to leave the taskbar<br> &gt; &gt; &gt; background (but this was also \
the problem before).<br> &gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; looking at the code in Flags, i think i can see the problem: you<br>
&gt; &gt; probably just<br>
&gt; &gt; need to fill the pixmap first with Qt::transparent so the<br>
&gt; &gt; background is, well,<br>
&gt; &gt; transparent :) then you can paint the text, flag, etc over top of<br>
&gt; &gt; that.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; yep, I found it today and already pushed the code for transparency<br>
&gt; The problem with text over the flag is that it&#39;s hard to find the<br>
&gt; right way to paint readable text with all the possible flag colors<br>
&gt; and their combination. So for now it&#39;ll be either text or flag, so<br>
&gt; far the early feedback was pretty positive.<br>
<br>
</div>Drawing a dark outline around white text usually is a good solution for<br>
this problem. To get something like an outline which also looks good for<br>
small fonts you could draw the text in black, then blur it and then draw<br>
the text in white over the blurred black text.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>That&#39;s very similar to what was done before, though as \
flags are quite different in size/colors/darkness, the white text was drawn with \
black one shifted 1px for a shadow, plus flags had to be dimmed otherwise text was \
not readable anyway. Even though the final text image was more or less readable on \
most flags it was quite ugly both code- and look-wise...<br> </div></div>I&#39;m \
really starting to like &quot;flag-only&quot;/&quot;text-only&quot; solution  \
better.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Andriy<br><br>



[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]