Layout Editor (3D and Text Editor)

[leoheck]

This resolves #3571

[leoheck]

@palob, is this icon good to go or I have to make something else?

[palob]

The icons do work for smaller sizes now but the symbol is spread over too much of the baseplate. Symbol size is about 31px X 33px which is definitely too much of a stretch. Moreover the 3D and TE typeface objects need to be converted into paths.

You need to get the symbol smaller. Maybe it's better to drop the text-only design altogether and experiment with more creative metaphors for "text editor" and "3D".

[leoheck]

Ok, what I have to do? Reduce the height, width or both? What is the maximum (tolerable) symbol size?

I like to have creative metaphors as you said, but I think it is nice to approach the author's intent. In this way, I have to think of an improvement.

[palob]

26x26 (28x28) for non-spherical symbols, 30x30 for spherical ones.

[Foggalong]

As @palob said, symbol size needs reducing.

[palob]

Smaller now but you need to tinker with the positioning. The letters aren't crisp enough and what is supposed to be an L is not recognisable as such.

[Foggalong]

@palob You fancy having a look at this? Just realised it's coming up for a year since the last update

[palob]

I can give this a shot. I envisage slightly 3Dfying the current layout icon.

[palob]

No idea for the text editor one though.

[palob]

Hmm, doesn't mix well with how we do shadows.

I could try this in a "negative 3D", making the symbol look like engraved into the baseplate but then again this would be unlike any other icon.

[Foggalong]

Yeah it's not a great original to work with 😕

[leoheck]

Haha, sure it is not original. It was a draft idea to put some icon on that app because the icon which came with de app sucks. I never thought it was going to take a year to move this thing forward. If you guys have a better idea, just use it. Actually, I like most when the icon recall the original idea (with colors or shape or symbol) of the app creators.

[Foggalong]

@leoheck No worries, these things can be hard to get right. @palob It might be worth deviating from it entirely and just using some iconography related to the apps purpose instead.

[maxtron95]

@Foggalong This issue has not been touched for 2 years. I have some ideas for Layout Editor 3D and Text Editor:

• Layout Editor 3D : Have a cube with the Letters L and E on the faces of the cube

• Layout Editor Text Editor : Have a notepad symbol with the Layout Editor Logo on it.

[palob]

Yeah, the cube might do it!