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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Whew!  I was starting worry about my vision there for minute :)

On 3/19/2019 3:52 PM, John Beard wrote:
> 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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