Re: GNOMEPrint, Icons, and shades of InSight..

[Bowie Poag <bjp primenet com>]

> > This is why its a bad idea for the (foot) icon to be on the menu bar with
> > text. Text is something you WANT to have exacting control over the size
> > of. 7 point, 8 point, 9 point, 10 point, whatever. You cant really do the
> > same thing to icons without incurring the wrath of Ugly Icon Syndrome. The
> > best scaling engines in the room will produce a crappy looking icon if the
> > icon isnt A) Bilaterally symmetric, and B) Scaled to a resolution which is
> > a factor of, or a MEDIAN between two factors of the original dimensions of
> > the source image.
> 
> Well, the thing is, we've already decided _against_ scaling, so your preceding
> argument, no matter how true, doesn't really apply.  And #2, we're not proposing to
> do this with 256 icons.  Just the one.

Mhmm.. But somebody asked. :)

> As I see it, Gleef's idea for a handful of multiple pre-drawn foot images to match
> with different sized fonts is a good idea, and the proper way to go.

Its also visually inconsistant bloat. Too many workarounds to a bad idea
to begin with. Its gonna be hard to budge me on this issue, but keep
trying.

Bowie