Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: Our icon style

Hi Mirek,

On 11/16/2014 03:46 AM, Mirek M. wrote:
> 2014-11-16 0:24 GMT+01:00 Jay Philips <ypharis@gmail.com
> <mailto:ypharis@gmail.com>>:
>
>     Yes the gnome 2.20 style is alot better than the glossy gnome 3.0+ style
>     at the 24x24 icon size. We are only using the older style for the text
>     based icons like bold, italics, underline, etc. It is still tango as its
>     using the gnome 2.20 style.
>
>
> Could you point me to your source for the Gnome 2.2 icons?
> From a quick Google search, it seems as if that version used the old
> industrial icons, at least judging from e.g.
> https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.2/ , and those are
> definitely not Tango.

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-icon-theme/2.20/

> Also, quoting the Tango guidelines: "Having homogenous lighting across
> all icons also is important for visual consistency. Tango icons are lit
> from above, with the light source slightly to the left. Icons with /on
> the table/ perspective may cast a fuzzy shadow on the surface as if the
> light source came from the position of the observer. "
> If we have a flat icon set with no regard for lighting, then it
> shouldn't be called Tango.

Well if we need a gradient on the stroke to keep it inline with Tango,
then we can apply a suitable one to keep it in line with the guidelines.

>     Yes it always best to stick with the guidelines but we shouldnt be
>     willing to bend the rules when there are suitable cases to do so. I'm
>     not an icon designer, so all i'm doing is patching up icons which are
>     already present. I'll let the designers decide what best works for you
>     guys, as i dont have the skill to comment on this.
>
>
> The guidelines are there to maintain consistency, and icon size is a
> pretty important point.
>
> Also, the new icons don't present one or two exceptions to the rule -- a
> number of icons go over the margin. In this case, it's clearly better to
> change the guidelines.

Then i guess the guidelines should be to strive for 22x22 and worse case
23x23.

>     I didnt create the style, i took the gnome 3.12
>     format-indent-justify-text.svg file, made the stroke a solid color,
>     changed the gradient to be similar to the 2.20 gradient and reduced the
>     shadow transparency by half.
>
>
> You're creating the style by implementing it.
> Since we need a cohesive set and have more than one designer, there need
> to be some guidelines for creating icons with this new style.

Well i'll have you and Alex write up what is needed as i'm still a newb
at icon designing. :D

>     My github username is philipzae. I'd be honored to be included in the
>     file, though i wouldnt truly be able to contribute to the svgs. :D
>
>
> I just sent you an invitation. The file is there primarily for licensing
> reasons -- if the team needs to change the license, it needs to contact
> every contributor. You should contribute through GitHub directly, so
> that if you disagree with a relicensing, the team can simply remake the
> icons you worked on.

Didnt get any invitation on github, or is it i just dont know where to
look, but it isnt in my notifications inbox.

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