[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21019: Retina All the Things

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#21019: Retina All the Things
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 Reporter:  matt            |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.4.1
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |
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Comment (by helenyhou):

 Replying to [comment:26 empireoflight]:
 > What about SVG for a future release? We'd lose some of the subtlety, but
 scaling wouldn't be an issue.

 Well, vector sources for assets certainly wouldn't hurt. :)

 I'm not sure I agree about using SVG at this moment. Given the level of
 detail, amount of color, and small sizes currently in use, I would be
 rather against leaving the end result of the scaling to the browser/OS,
 and of course then we have to worry about browser support. Good write-up
 about scaling issues and the need for hand hinting: http://www.pushing-
 pixels.org/2011/11/04/about-those-vector-icons.html

 I'd say any further discussion about SVG usage would need to happen
 separately from this particular ticket since, at least to me, it implies a
 redraw and move to single-color/masked icons, which definitely should not
 happen for something scheduled for a maintenance release. I've seen
 discussion about making a custom icon font as well, somewhere in the
 WordPress world.

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