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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

The blurry ones actually look better on a Retina display, but I’m OK with the others if they look better everywhere else.

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 19 Mar 2019, at 19:54, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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