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[John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Fabrizio,

The changes are on the tip of this branch:

https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/icons

I have deliberately tried not made drastic changes to the icons such
that they would be unrecognisable to users of older documentation,
it's mostly alignment and colour tweaks.

If they get merged, I should update the kicad-doc documentation before
v5 gets cut.

Updating the documentation is easy to replace the icons themselves
(copy/paste from source repo to docs repo), but will also need some
new screenshots too.

Cheers,

John

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 1:27 AM, Fabrizio Tappero
<fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi John,
> these improved icons look great! thanks for the effort. I think this work
> should be included. Could you please submit a patch for this to Wayne or JP.
>
> A lot of icons could be improved and as Wayne mentioned it is important to
> kind of coordinate us so that we do not create great icons that do not get
> submitted to the main kiCad stream. John if you think you want contribute to
> this, there is a lot of new and great icons from Konstantin that could be
> picked and submitted. Mind that we cannot start redesigning tons of new
> icons because the documentation will then be heavily out of sync.
>
> thanks a lot
> Fabrizio
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:55 PM, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> And here are the same images with the changed icons highlighted, maybe
>> not everyone loves spot-the-difference puzzles that much!
>>
>> Some icons are hidden in menus which I don't seem to be able to
>> screenshot.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 5:37 AM, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have a few tweaks to some icons in Pcbnew and Eeschema. These are
>> > mostly minor tweaks that are intended to make the icons match a little
>> > better and give a more uniform look and feel:
>> >
>> > https://code.launchpad.net/~john-j-beard/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/icons
>> >
>> > * Pixel align a few icons to make then crisper when displayed
>> > * Redraw all the zoom icons to be crisper and flatter. The zoom to fit
>> > (Home) icon is now a sort of reticle rather than a pair of square
>> > brackets as text.
>> > * Redraw console icon to be flat to match other existing icons.
>> > * Mute some very bright colours, especially the green-legged module
>> > icons - use the zone icons as a guide for the colour brightness.
>> >
>> > Attached are screen shots of pcbnew and eeschema, where you can see
>> > some of the icons.
>> >
>> > I know icons and UI subjects in general are very subjective and
>> > personal, so I'd welcome input!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > John
>>
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