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From: Joachim Seemer See how there are no numbers in the 16px version of the BeVexed icon? That's done with the "Level of Detail" setting of their shapes. This is how it works: A LOD of 1.0 is defined as a 64px icon size. So, to get the LOD of a particular icon size you simply divide it by 64, e.g. a 16px icon has a LOD of 16/64 = 0.25. A shape won't be visible below its
-With the LOD you control the visibility of a shape depending on its size. That way, you can leave away details of an icon that looks good on a bigger icon, but maybe not so much on its smaller version.
This is how it works: A LOD of 1.0 is defined as a 64px icon size. To get the LOD of a particular icon size you simply divide it by 64, e.g. a 16px icon has a LOD of 16/64 = 0.25. A shape won't be visible below its
and above its .So, if you set a shape's
- to 0.0 and the to 0.5, this means that the shape will only be visible for icon sizes smaller or equal to 32px. If you wanted to exclude the 32px icon size, you'd have to stay below 0.5, say 0.49.The LOD is not only for leaving out detailing shapes, you can also use it to e.g. change the stroke width at different sizes, if you feel that's needed. Simply duplicate a shape, make your changes and set both of their LOD settings to show either one or the other. Here lies the only source of potential confusion, when you're unwittingly overlap LODs of shapes, and wonder why at some size both are visible...
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The LOD is not only for leaving out detailing shapes, but also to e.g. change the stroke width at different sizes, if you feel that's needed. Simply duplicate a shape, make your changes and set both of their LOD settings to show either one or the other. Here lies the only source of potential confusion, when you unwittingly overlap LODs of shapes, and wonder why at some size both are visible...
For example, if Shape 1 were to be shown below 48px and Shape 2 from 48px upward (LOD: 48/64 = 0.75):
Stroke only. Defines the end caps of a line: | , or .||
Contour only. Makes sure the contour always extends outwards when you have self-intesecting paths. | ||
Contour only. Makes sure the contour always extends outwards when you have self-intersecting paths. | ||
Defines how lines are joint at a point: | , or .||
Only when the above | is set to "Miter" this setting influences the looks of the miter joint.
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Thank you very much for checking out Haiku! This is our first public release. We hope to attract new developers to our project and give future users a chance to check out Haiku. We realize that this alpha release does not yet fully live up to the goals that we have set for ourselves and doesn't offer all the features and well-rounded end-user experience planned for the final R1 version. However, we hope that this release lets you discover Haiku's great potential and that you share our excitement.
We were working very hard to fix all possibly show stopping bugs, however, being an alpha release, there are bound to be plenty left undiscovered. We discourage using alpha versions as a production system. Your data could very well be altered, mangled or downright destroyed.
+We were working very hard to fix all possibly show stopping bugs, however, being an alpha release, there are bound to be plenty left undiscovered.
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One of the main reasons for releasing an alpha version is to attract more people to test the system and discover bugs or provide suggestions for future enhancements. Please file bugs and enhancements in our bug tracker after using its search function to avoid duplicates.
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