[GRASS-dev] New GRASS icons

On Mar 13, 2008, at 7:38 PM, grass-dev-request@lists.osgeo.org wrote:

Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:41:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Robert Szczepanek <grass@szczepanek.pl>
Subject: Re: Re[GRASS-dev] ady to help with GRASS graphics
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Wolf Bergenheim wrote:

On 03/12/2008 11:15 AM, Robert Szczepanek wrote:

Yes, your opinion could help me a lot.
My doubt is related to basic icon size.
Popular standards for toolbars are 16x16px [SMALL], 24x24 [MEDIUM] and
32x32
[LARGE].

Looking at total number of icons and icons for certain commands group the
best solution seems to be 24x24.
Is it acceptable from i/ coding (TclTk,
wxpython) ii/ general Grass layout point of view?

I think 24x24 icons are good, as they seem to be used. Better yet, make
them in SVG so we can later render them into different sizes.
--Wolf

First draft is on my web page
Custom icons for GRASS
I have only TclTk interface at the moment to check how it works.

The new region management icons (zoom, pan) are beautiful. Your design rules look quite good.

The new display/erase/and zoom-back icons don't seem like they would be as informative to a user (i.e., with the checkerboard pattern) as to what they do.

I use Corel (Draw->PhotoPaint) to make icons, but conversion to raster is
not just the matter of icon size.
[http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2007/07/11/icon_design/\]

In the meantime two things should be decided:
1. gis iconic language
[Blog - Turbomilk]
For this point draft primitives of gis objects (layer, raster, vector map,
mapset, etc.) should be prepared for public discussion. Give me few days to
prepare it. If you have already your favorites, please let me/us know.

2. grass icon groups to avoid unnecessary elements in icons [see #3 in
http://turbomilk.com/truestories/cookbook/criticism/10-mistakes-in-icon-design/\]

Robert
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These are great links!

Michael

Michael Barton wrote:

First draft is on my web page
http://www.szczepanek.pl/icons.grass/

The new display/erase/and zoom-back icons don't seem like they would
be as informative to a user (i.e., with the checkerboard pattern) as
to what they do.

Michael

I agree with you Michael and I'am still looking for better symbols.
Those two first icons will be difficult is we want to express them
precisely.
Is there significant difference for the user between >display< and >redraw<?

Second step for new icons:
http://www.szczepanek.pl/icons.grass/index.php#2
Please take a look at >layer< and symbols for general actions.

Robert
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New version of icons for actions and basic objects in high resolution is
ready.
Plus some new icons for map display window toolbar.
http://www.szczepanek.pl/icons.grass/index.php#4

And one question.
Why "Constrain map to region geometry" icon gets during display additional
border at left side and top?

Robert
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