RE: [GD-General] Scaling GUI graphics

[Gareth L. <GL...@cl...>]

What about using a vector format for the graphics as apposed to a bitmap
format ?

I've never tried this, but WMFs for example are very well documented, and
even Photoshop (if I understand my artists correctly) have moved over to
this. For fonts just use proper ttf.

If you insist on bitmap graphics, fonts are a special case and a simple one
at that. just sample the ttf to a bitmap scaled based on your background.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Hook [mailto:bri...@py...]
Sent: 25 June 2002 04:23
To: gam...@li...
Subject: [GD-General] Scaling GUI graphics


Okay, this is a common problem that I'm sure others have dealt with on 
numerous occasions, but I have yet to deal with it so I'm curious what the 
conventional wisdom is.

Basically it's the age old problem of having an interface that looks good 
at all resolutions.  AFAICT, the standards are:

- do low res graphics for everything, then zoom appropriately (leads to 
serious blurring)

- do multiple resolution graphics (lots of content)

- render GUI graphics into textures/images instead of using prefab images 
(i.e. actually write line/circle/filled region software renderers)

- don't scale, just make everything smaller (8x8 font at 1600x1200...ewwww)

Anyone find a solution that doesn't have a glaring flaw, unlike the 
above?  I suppose the closest I can think of is to do everything in high 
resolution, e.g. for a 1600x1200 interface, and then resample down for 
lower resolution displays.

Brian



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