Add favicon #24

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ktyl · 2024-06-06T00:46:16+02:00

ktyl commented

2024-06-06 00:46:16 +02:00

The site looks incomplete without one.

The design language of the site is circles and flat colours, so the bare minimum for a favicon would be a solid, filled circle which matches one of the colours on the site. The design is largely two-tone, so an improvement to that design may be to have a hollow circle of the darker colour on top of a background in the lighter, background colour. This design could then have a smaller, filled circle placed on a point around the hollow circle(or ring)'s diameter, like a planet on an orbit similar to the corner graphic.

Both 16x16 and 32x32 favicons need to be created.

The site looks incomplete without one. ![image](/attachments/5ea377ec-3f8c-454a-981c-9bcf2dd3839e) The design language of the site is circles and flat colours, so the bare minimum for a favicon would be a solid, filled circle which matches one of the colours on the site. The design is largely two-tone, so an improvement to that design may be to have a hollow circle of the darker colour on top of a background in the lighter, background colour. This design could then have a smaller, filled circle placed on a point around the hollow circle(or ring)'s diameter, like a planet on an orbit similar to the corner graphic. [Both 16x16 and 32x32](https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/websites/web-design/favicon-size-and-dimensions/) favicons need to be created.

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ktyl self-assigned this 2024-06-06 00:56:03 +02:00

ktyl commented

2024-06-06 01:21:59 +02:00

This is heading in the right direction, but the circle needs to be brought in from the edges a bit, and a small planet added.

GIMP is also not the right tool for the job. It is just about possible by using elliptical select + the 'to path' option as described here, but the workflow is awkward and destructive. I could maybe complete the task with it as the design is not very complicated, but maybe there is an easily available vector editor I could use instead?

![image](/attachments/53914130-a972-43aa-aa46-e768ce4c4705) This is heading in the right direction, but the circle needs to be brought in from the edges a bit, and a small planet added. GIMP is also not the right tool for the job. It is just about possible by using elliptical select + the 'to path' option as described [here](https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Circle-in-Gimp), but the workflow is awkward and destructive. I could maybe complete the task with it as the design is not very complicated, but maybe there is an easily available vector editor I could use instead?

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ktyl commented

2024-06-08 13:48:59 +02:00

https://ktyl.dev/favicon.ico

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2024-06-08 13:48:59 +02:00

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