Favicon is squished

Lord Mahoney · 08-16-2015, 06:23 PM

I am looking at the MobileRead favicon in Chrome, and the aspect ratio looks off to me. Looks like the site's logo got stretched horizontally and the cartoonish reader in the favicon looks almost square. Is it my settings, or are others seeing this too?

Lord Mahoney · 08-16-2015, 07:18 PM

I played around with the logo a bit in Photoshop, and my conclusion is that the person who made the favicon did not increase the canvas size to make it a perfect square after cropping the logo. If you did that and converted it to an icon with a favicon generator, you would get something like this:

As you can see, the aspect ratio in this icon is correct and matches the one in the MR logo.

Jellby · 08-17-2015, 03:23 AM

For what it's worth, I see the squashed icon too, in Firefox.

BetterRed · 08-17-2015, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

For what it's worth, I see the squashed icon too, in Firefox.

I don't care if it's distorted, as long as it's recognisable - which it is.

BR

theducks · 08-17-2015, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I don't care if it's distorted, as long as it's recognisable - which it is.

BR

This one

BTW It is fine in Edge

eschwartz · 08-17-2015, 02:54 PM

Squashed logo here in Firefox, and the one brain cell that I devoted a few years ago to caring

came to the conclusion that it was deliberate.

Jellby · 08-17-2015, 04:05 PM

By the way, it is similar with the icon used in the forums main page, for instance for this forum "Feedback".

Favicon:

Forum icon:

Logo:

It might have been deliberate, but it is ugly once you notice (and I'm surprised I didn't notice before). It's not the same version of the thingy, but you can tell the aspect is not right because the wheel is not a circle, but an ellipse (a vertical ellipse could be justified by perspective, but not a horizontal one).

08-16-2015, 06:23 PM	#1
Lord Mahoney Member Posts: 23 Karma: 498132 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Kindle Keyboard	Favicon is squished I am looking at the MobileRead favicon in Chrome, and the aspect ratio looks off to me. Looks like the site's logo got stretched horizontally and the cartoonish reader in the favicon looks almost square. Is it my settings, or are others seeing this too?

08-17-2015, 04:05 PM	#7
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 19000001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	By the way, it is similar with the icon used in the forums main page, for instance for this forum "Feedback". Favicon: Forum icon: Logo: It might have been deliberate, but it is ugly once you notice (and I'm surprised I didn't notice before). It's not the same version of the thingy, but you can tell the aspect is not right because the wheel is not a circle, but an ellipse (a vertical ellipse could be justified by perspective, but not a horizontal one). Last edited by Jellby; 08-17-2015 at 04:07 PM.

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08-16-2015, 07:18 PM	#2
Lord Mahoney Member Posts: 23 Karma: 498132 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Nook Simple Touch, Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Kindle Keyboard	I played around with the logo a bit in Photoshop, and my conclusion is that the person who made the favicon did not increase the canvas size to make it a perfect square after cropping the logo. If you did that and converted it to an icon with a favicon generator, you would get something like this: As you can see, the aspect ratio in this icon is correct and matches the one in the MR logo.

08-17-2015, 03:23 AM	#3
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 19000001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	For what it's worth, I see the squashed icon too, in Firefox.

08-17-2015, 02:54 PM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Squashed logo here in Firefox, and the one brain cell that I devoted a few years ago to caring came to the conclusion that it was deliberate.

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