[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#10734) SVG flags

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10734 >

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Jason Short wrote:

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> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10734 >
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> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:
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> > Regarding the border, AFAIK SVG does indeed allow you to draw lines with
> > any thickness you wish, so this should be possible to make in the SVG 
> > drawing.
> > I would prefer this to be so, rather than requiring even more tools.
> > Besides, some clients may wish to render the SVG directly in the future.
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> But these flags were acquired from outside sources; it would be best not
> to modify them directly in case we want to grab a new version later.
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> For me it seems best to dispense with the black border line.  Compare
> the two attached images.  Is the new one any worse?  But perhaps when
> the terrain/background conflicts with the flag color it is important to
> have the border.

Yes, this is precisely why they have a thin black border. I think the unit
graphics also have thin black borders because of this.

You may be right that we can dispense the border however. I think the
units should be more distinctive than the flags per se.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa