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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +The age of hackers supplying their own artwork is over. For the sake of our +users, please leave the pixelpushin' to the artists. Please file a request +instead. + +Bugs and Requests +----------------- + +Requests for icons that will be useful for more than a a single application and +it makes sense to share it in an icon theme should be filed in GNOME bugzilla +(bugzilla.gnome.org) under the gnome-icon-theme module. + + +High resolution icons +===================== + +Application launcher icons and filetype icons in general will benefit in +providing a high resolution variant. For Tango, the canvas size is 256x256 pixels. + +We suggest creating artwork for this large canvas as vectors. It may require +more time as vector art with filter effects tends to be very computentionally +intensive, but the benefit is that it allows to create derivative works easily. +In addition, if we need a higher resolution than 256x256 in future, it's simply +a matter of re-rendering the icons. + +Due to the large canvas a lot of the guidelines discussed elsewhere in this document do not apply. What still stands is the use of colors, the perspective and lighting. + +FIXME: outlines (strokes alternative) +FIXME: highlights (inner stroke alternative) +FIXME: shadows + +Inkscape workflow tips: +----------------------- + +* The 256x256 icon needs to be nice when scaled down to 64x64 (25% zoom), so, in inkscape, it's necessary to use a 1x1 pixels grid with major lines every 4. Lining up the main objects to the major lines of the grid will help making the icon less blurry when scaled down. + +* Text: the best trick we found (atm) for text in high resolution icons is to use the text tool to write something (lorem ipsum, funny things, nonsenses and so on:-)) using the Bitstream Vera Sans typeface with a 6pt size, trying to have the main bodies of the letters between two horizontal major grid lines, then we convert the text object to path and simplify (ctrl+l) 3 times. In case the text is not visible enough when scaling down overlaying the line with a very subtle rectangle 4px tall will help (see text-x-generic). |