[PD-dev] Update to extended icons?

Dan Wilcox danomatika at gmail.com
Mon Jul 3 00:10:52 CEST 2017


Whoops, forgot the comparison pic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/danomatika/35548999851/in/photolist-WakV9x <https://www.flickr.com/photos/danomatika/35548999851/in/photolist-WakV9x>

> On Jul 3, 2017, at 12:10 AM, Dan Wilcox <danomatika at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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?!?
>> 
>> -- 
>> www.paulwrankin.com <http://www.paulwrankin.com/>
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> 
> 
> 

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