I agree SVG is a very good way to go for graphics/icons (probably the best way), and there are programs for converting icons (almost invariably bit-mapped images) into vector-based files, but they are not fully automatic and all I have seen are expensive. Also, I don't think they work very well on graphics that represent objects, like photos/drawings of people etc.. Others (in this mail-list?) may know of good/inexpensive programs to accomplish this; I am certainly not much involved in this art/science. Still, I say this should be investigated if the clarity of smaller icons is important. One other thought: Could hi-res images pop up on mouseover, or a "Magnifying Glass" feature be provided, so that very small and therefore unclear images in the normal view would be OK? (Again, I think this would only work online and not in PDFs but that's OK since I don't think we should waste resources producing PDFs anyway.) Jim
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9:08 AM 6/21/200721/2007 >>> Martina Waller wrote: > Jean Hollis Weber schrieb: > >> Martina Waller wrote a note that deserves a more thorough and >> thoughtful answer than I have time for right now, but I do have a >> question. >> >> Martina said, >> >>> Reduce the icon size in the documents. Their actual size constrains the >>> flow of reading because they get too much attention. >> >> >> Do you mean "icons" (pictures of the little toolbar buttons from the >> GUI) or "screenshots" or something else? I am unsure what problem you >> have identified here. >> >> --Jean >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > I mean the toolbar buttons from the GUI. Their size should be adapted to > the letter size. I'm sure you are correct, but there is a problem with that. The icon images are generally derived from screenshots at 72 dpi, and scaling them down invariably results in loss of resolution, producing unacceptable image quality. Now, if we had access to the original vector (presumably??) icon images in a useful format, such as SVG.... Peter HB --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
