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H. G. Muller wrote on Tue, Sep 26, 2023 08:13 AM UTC in reply to wdtr2 from 01:03 AM:

Well, I am sorry to say they mostly qualify as junk. The 100x100 images have a much lower resolution than that, and seem to be blow-ups of a 50x50 image. The Queen image is slightly better; even though it is not anti-aliased it at least really has full resolution; if it would be displayed at smaller size (which Jocly would), averaging the combined pixels would create intermediate colors as a poor-man's alternative for anti-aliasing. But the letter Q on the tile is of course much too small. (That also applies to DK.)

I don't really see the point of using shogi tiles for any representation other than traditional kanji pieces. The tile background hardly conveys any information on piece identity (even if the sizes are slightly different this is quite hard to notice), and take away at least half the area that would have been available for the distinguishing features of the pieces. Furthermore they are a very player-unfriendly method of distinguishing the side they play for; unlike noticing deviating color, for which the human brain can use parallel processing, recognizing orientation requires focus of attention.

So even if the image quality would be perfect (i.e. high resolution anti-aliased), I would still not be very enthusiastic about the design.


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