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

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the heads up, makes life easier with fewer icons!

Looks like bitmaps_png/sources/edit_component.svg still exists,
though. Is that intentional?

Cheers,

John

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Just an update on the opamp icon list.  These icons:
>
> copycomponent.svg
> edit_component.svg
> edit_part.svg
> import_cmp_from_lib.svg
> save_part.svg
> save_part_in_mem.svg
>
>
> no longer exist.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
>
> On 26 Jul 2018, at 09:33, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> Most other icons use a heavier pen width (see the DeMorgan symbols, pin
> graphics, etc.), which would favour the B column.
>
> I like the wider stance of the input pins in row 4.
>
> BTW, the new black-and-white 16x16 icons for the dialog buttons also suffer
> from slight blurryness.  I don’t know if they’re worth fixing or not, but if
> you’re so inclined….
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
>
> On 25 Jul 2018, at 15:05, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The pixel alignment of the op-amp icons looks a bit fuzzy compared to
> the other newer icons. These are not the only misaligned icons, but
> they are a very prominent set of them.
>
> The problem is that both:
>
> 1) The lines are not on the pixel grid
> 2) The lines are not a whole number of pixels wide.
>
> If this *were* to be changed so horizontal lines are sharp, the icons
> have to be modified. However, going up to 2px or down to 1px line
> width changes the feel a bit.
>
> Attached are some options (for the full size op-amp icons at 26px). If
> a consensus or executive decision ever emerges, I will produce a patch
> for the op-amp icons in that style.
>
> Personally, my "vote" is 2A, or 5A for icons where the symbol is
> smaller, like "copycomponent".
>
> List of icons affected for reference:
>
> add_component.svg
> copycomponent.svg
> edit_cmp_symb_links.svg
> edit_comp_footprint.svg
> edit_comp_ref.svg
> edit_comp_value.svg
> edit_component.svg
> edit_part.svg
> export_part.svg
> field_properties.svg
> hidden_pin.svg
> icon_libedit.svg
> import_cmp_from_lib.svg
> import_part.svg
> libedit.svg
> new_component.svg
> new_cvpcb.svg
> part_properties.svg
> save_part.svg
> save_part_in_mem.svg
>
> Yours, bike-sheddingly,
>
> John
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