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

D'oh, yes! Sorry, new ones on the right, I changed it and didn't
change the text.

Cheers,

John

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 7:50 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey John,
>
> Are you sure the new icons aren't on the right?  The ones on the left
> look blurry to me.  Either may eyes are totally gone or the icons on the
> right are the aligned ones.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 3/19/2019 3:43 PM, John Beard wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I plan to pixel align the module icons in Pcbnew, as they are
> > currently blurry (and not even consistently blurry) - they're probably
> > the worst offenders left for blurriness. Getting these aligned at 26px
> > will be a good step towards hiDPI-aware scalable icons, as they will
> > also be aligned at 2x resolution.
> >
> > However, due to a quirk of the number 26, it's impossible to have the
> > current fat-ish pins, keep the pins and module centred in the icon,
> > and have 3 pins to a side, and keep them all pixel aligned (which is
> > why even the most-sharp current icon has blurry middle pins). So the
> > pins are now a bit skinnier. Hence a quick check that these icons are
> > acceptable.
> >
> > Comparison image attached (new icons on left). I haven't changed any
> > metaphors or the pin colours.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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