This has more to do with the scaling alorigthm than the image format. No matter
how an image is compressed or formatted a bitmap is still a bitmap.

On Thu, 13 May 1999, pbrown@redhat.com wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 1999, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> 
> > HiColor: 16x16, 32x32, 48x48 (Desktop-icons) 
> >          22x22 (Toolbar-icons) 
> > 40 Color: Noone
> > 
> > We would like to use PNG ... would this be a problem?
> > Any opinions?
> 
> I'm in favor of all these things, as long as the icons are drawn in a
> style that scales well.  This would be compatible with the GNOME icons as
> well as an added bonus.
> 
> ---
>   Preston Brown                                    Systems Engineer
>   pbrown@redhat.com                                Red Hat Software, Inc.
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