Tutorial: create Vector logo from bitmap

FlyingTomahawk

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

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

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.

Famicom font
Famicom Japanese letters font
MegaDrive Japanese version font (the one above)

FlyingTomahawk

So finally got around to setup a cloud account.

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

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?

FlyingTomahawk

@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.

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?

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?

FlyingTomahawk

@groviar

New package uploaded. Take your pick. ;-)

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

groviar

Got it! Thanks!

FlyingTomahawk

@UDb23

Just send me an e-mail regarding the font.

FlyingTomahawk

@UDb23

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

UDb23

@FlyingTomahawk sure it's me.

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?

UDb23

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

FlyingTomahawk

@UDb23

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

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

UDb23

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

quicksilver

@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!

UDb23

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