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I agree that it would be better with radial lines. These SVGs deserve to be improved, let's say that for the moment it is just a draft.
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Fri, Oct 18, 2024 08:27 PM UTC in reply to François Houdebert from Fri Sep 6 06:11 PM:If it's any consolation, I plan on releasing the SVGs I made for Chu Shogi in a graphics.dir page, including the SVGs for the pictogams you sent me. I did make some slight modifications for the Generals though, by using the images you use in the Jocly graphics rather than the ones you provided, and making the promotion-exclusive pieces have no red highlights, for consistency reasons.
Now that I think about it. the index.html page for the graphics.dir directory deserves to be improved...
P.S. I've decided that I won't make a Chu Shogi App, and instead get more involved as an Editor. I think I've done a pretty good job with the Applet I made.
It is a good idea to publish these pictograms. I confirm that the Chu Shogi applet is a success
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Sat, Nov 2, 2024 10:25 PM UTC in reply to François Houdebert from Sat Oct 26 07:58 AM:Done.
Here's the link, if you are interested: https://www.chessvariants.com/graphics.dir/svg/DeWittChuShogi/
The publication of your mnemonic SVGs will favour their diffusion; Well done they are very intuitive
I'm sorry, my English isn't the best either, but I think you mean that the said piece will favor their distribution.
Yes, I meant that these visuals will be easy to use from now.
Yes, that is great!
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Francois,
Sorry for not responding to your email with the chess icons earlier. It was in my spam folder.
These images are really good. Seriously, great work with your SVGs.
I did find one flaw in your mnemonic SVGs though. The ranging pieces don't have the radial lines where their ranging bulges are, which isn't a huge deal, but can cause confusion if you are used to H. G. Muller's mnemonic system for Shogi pieces. This problem is much more pronounced with the bfree-tiger and heavenly-horse SVGs though, where no white lines will show up at all, making the piece just look like one big mass of black. My guess is that the program you are using couldn't perceive the white lines due to them being at a pixel wide or less.
I used Tinkercad (https://www.tinkercad.com/) to create my Chu Shogi SVGs. Tinkercad is a free online 3D tool that has an Export to SVG tool which works on all Shapes intersecting the Design Plane. It can be a bit tedious when you need to make a lot of SVGs but can save a lot of time and result in high quality SVGs.
Other than that, great work with these.