Creating VLC "Transit" Theme

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Creating VLC "Transit" Theme

Postby DracheMitch » 21 Oct 2012 21:23

I want to make a theme that corresponds to the Windows 8 look (whatever MS is calling it this week). Since VLC allows embedding a font inside the theme, and since the WIndows 8 UI actually uses embedded Private Use symbols in Segoe UI Symbol to draw Windows 8 controls, I wanted to know if it is possible to designate the character at a specific point size as opposed to using bitmap graphics?

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Re: Creating VLC "Transit" Theme

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Oct 2012 11:38

You can use svg or recreate it.
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Re: Creating VLC "Transit" Theme

Postby Mirage » 16 Dec 2012 05:21

what is "svg"?

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Re: Creating VLC "Transit" Theme

Postby grahamf » 22 Dec 2012 09:48

svg is a vector image format that describes images as lines, instead of simply telling the color of each block.

Basically it would be indistinguishable from a font.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Vector_Graphics

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Re: Creating VLC "Transit" Theme

Postby Mirage » 22 Dec 2012 20:32

Cool, got it. Thanks as well for the wiki link, that helped a lot. I can see where this would be very helpful for developing apps for mobile devices where speed and size are important.


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