[PD-dev] Update to extended icons?

[Dan Wilcox]

The new icon is growing on me, mainly in that it clearly scales better.

I think what is bothering me about it is mainly that the proportions see a bit off when compared to both other macOS icons and the existing vanilla and extended icons.

My 2 cents:

* the new one is too wide and thin, doesn't quite fit into the overall square profile of the macOS icons
* I don't think it needs the tilde
* the bang button is too small
* the line weight on the edges is too thin and gets lost on small zoom lenses as compared to the other icons
* the horz center gradient is still a little much, maybe the more blurred gradient on the extended icon works better?
* I'm assuming the font use is Deja Sans Mono?

I think it just needs some tweaks to find a more middle ground with the vanilla and extended icon.

> On Jun 28, 2017, at 4:56 AM, pd-dev-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
> 
> From: Paul Rankin <hello at paulwrankin.com <mailto:hello at paulwrankin.com>>
> Subject: Re: [PD-dev] Update to extended icons?
> Date: June 28, 2017 at 3:10:48 AM GMT+2
> To: Miller Puckette <msp at ucsd.edu <mailto:msp at ucsd.edu>>
> Cc: Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com <mailto:danomatika at gmail.com>>, pd-dev at iem.at <mailto:pd-dev at iem.at>
> 
> 
> Whichever you go with, here's a script for converting PNG files into retina *.icns:
> https://gist.github.com/rnkn/d29fcfbf1c46f9c1465468b8965175b6 <https://gist.github.com/rnkn/d29fcfbf1c46f9c1465468b8965175b6>
> 
> Input needs to be PNG 1024 x 1024.
> 
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017, at 11:01 AM, Miller Puckette wrote:
>> Anyway, if there's better stuff about I'm happy to grab it.
>> 
>> I have a copy of Pd extended (I think pretty much the latest one)
>> squirreled away - I just stuck a copy of their icons here:
>> 
>> http://msp.ucsd.edu/tmp/pd-extended-icons.zip <http://msp.ucsd.edu/tmp/pd-extended-icons.zip>
>> 
>> I can't judge what makes a good mac icon (anything on a mac screen is
>> ugly to me :)
> 
> An emoticon closing a parenthetical?!?
> 
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Dan Wilcox
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