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    • FlyingTomahawk
      FlyingTomahawk @UDb23 last edited by FlyingTomahawk

      @UDb23

      It's super fun to do. Especially adding/removing/pulling the nodes.
      I must admit the MegaDrive stuff was very easy since I have the MegaDrive font. Even the red/green logo can be typed.

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      • UDb23
        UDb23 @FlyingTomahawk last edited by

        @FlyingTomahawk Interesting, is it a free Truetype (ttf) font ?

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        • FlyingTomahawk
          FlyingTomahawk @UDb23 last edited by FlyingTomahawk

          @UDb23

          True type yes, free.... no there are certain conditions that need to be met to get it. Difficult to explain. Find my email address in my profile and send me any message.
          There are 3 game fonts that are hard to get.

          1. Famicom font
          2. Famicom Japanese letters font
          3. MegaDrive Japanese version font (the one above)
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          • FlyingTomahawk
            FlyingTomahawk last edited by FlyingTomahawk

            So finally got around to setup a cloud account.

            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8555/custom-svg-logos

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            • groviar
              groviar last edited by groviar

              Great. So all I need to do now is copy the new logos into the respective carbon-custom theme art folders, correct? Looking inside the art folders, I see:

              famicom:
              controller.svg
              system.svg
              system2.svg

              superfamicom:
              controller.svg
              system.svg

              Do I rename your famicom.svg and superfamicom.svg logos to one of those above filenames and replace them, or do I just drop them is as named? Which filename is actually the logo? Am I correct in thinking that I rename your files to "system.svg" and replace the current files? If so, what about the "system2.svg" file in the famicom folder - do I just leave that one alone and just replace the "system.svg" file?

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              • FlyingTomahawk
                FlyingTomahawk @groviar last edited by

                @groviar

                I am fixing the MD logos so I will release a improved version of it soon.

                Yeah, just rename them to system.svg
                Delete the system2.svg if not needed.

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                • FlyingTomahawk
                  FlyingTomahawk last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                  You will have trouble with the superfamicom logo on a dark background like carbon.
                  I can adjust that for you. What color do you want for the text instead? Red? Light grey? Other color?

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                  • groviar
                    groviar last edited by groviar

                    Ahh, yeah I see the black text would definitely be an issue just looking at the screenshot.

                    Well, I guess red would be great, since the famicom logo is already red, and there's some red in the superfamicom logo already. Actually, yellow might work out well also, to match the yellow in the logo. Use your best judgement I guess - red or yellow would be fine.

                    How can I tell what the "system2.svg" is in the famicom folder, and if it's needed? Would it hurt to leave it in there - would it interfere with your custom logo?

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                    • FlyingTomahawk
                      FlyingTomahawk @groviar last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                      @groviar

                      New package uploaded. Take your pick. ;-)

                      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8555/custom-svg-logos

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                      • groviar
                        groviar last edited by

                        Got it! Thanks!

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                        • FlyingTomahawk
                          FlyingTomahawk @UDb23 last edited by

                          @UDb23

                          Just send me an e-mail regarding the font.

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                          • FlyingTomahawk
                            FlyingTomahawk last edited by

                            @UDb23

                            I received an e-mail. Just confirming, that is you right?

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                            • UDb23
                              UDb23 @FlyingTomahawk last edited by

                              @FlyingTomahawk sure it's me.

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                              • FlyingTomahawk
                                FlyingTomahawk last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                @UDb23

                                Would it be smarter/better to open a new thread to share SVG logos?
                                This thread here was about your tutorial and I am kinda like hijacking it with my logo stuff.
                                Wouldn't it be better to have a share SVG logos thread of its own? What you think?

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                                • UDb23
                                  UDb23 @FlyingTomahawk last edited by

                                  @FlyingTomahawk Nice and clean logo. I didn't know this company.
                                  Yes a dedicated SVG logo thread is a good idea.

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                                  • FlyingTomahawk
                                    FlyingTomahawk @UDb23 last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                    @UDb23

                                    Hey your tutorial made it into the RetroPie wiki. Congratulations!

                                    https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Add-a-New-System-in-EmulationStation/

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                                    • UDb23
                                      UDb23 @FlyingTomahawk last edited by

                                      @FlyingTomahawk :-) Didn't notice that. thanks.

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                                      • quicksilver
                                        quicksilver @UDb23 last edited by

                                        @UDb23 I know this is an old topic, but I just watched your vector tutorial and I cant wait to try these techniques out. Your video was perfect btw, easy to understand, you didnt do things too quickly and the background music was nice and not distracting. Nice work as always!

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                                        • UDb23
                                          UDb23 @quicksilver last edited by

                                          @quicksilver thanks, really appreciate that you found it useful.

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