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[IC] GMK Fortune
kmba:
--- Quote from: zslane on Tue, 04 July 2017, 18:38:14 ---If this is supposed to be a tribute set, then I would stick as close to the look of the original Fortune as possible. It didn't have alternate F-row blocks, so neither should this set. It had a teal RETURN key, and so too should this set. Also, it may just be poor white balance calibration, but the alphas in the photo have a more reddish hue to them than the set renders which look more yellow; if possible I would pick a color for the alphas that more closely matches the original keyboard (maybe they do, and it's just the photo that is off).
I say all this only because I am a big fan of tribute concepts like this and hate seeing such sets compromised by the introduction of (design) choices that bear no relation to the keyboards that the sets are in tribute to.
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Looking at different pictures of this Fortune board, I believe originally the alphas we're much more white, like the A key in the linked picture here. They need a wee bit of retrobright.
zslane:
--- Quote from: ye_cole on Tue, 04 July 2017, 20:42:49 ---
--- Quote ---If this is supposed to be a tribute set, then I would stick as close to the look of the original Fortune as possible.
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This isn't a tribute set, it was merely inspired by the keyboard.
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Ah, that's a shame. That original keyboard is pretty rad looking.
Alas, the top row of the derived set is kind of all over the place, with no clear concept driving it. It's got an ESC that doesn't match the original, followed by IBM-ish alternating F- color blocks (yuck), and then book-ended arbitrarily by gray PRINT/SCROLL LOCK/PAUSE keys. There's no cohesive idea behind that whole row. And then there's teal navcluster keys situated (vertically) between blocks of gray keys for...reasons? At least if this were a tribute set and the colors were designed to match the colors of the equivalent areas of the original Fortune board, there would be a clear and unique idea discernable behind the design.
--- Quote from: tameone on Tue, 04 July 2017, 22:39:10 ---Looking at different pictures of this Fortune board, I believe originally the alphas we're much more white, like the A key in the linked picture here. They need a wee bit of retrobright.
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True. However, I am willing to bet that the teal keycaps were originally a normal blue color and are in need of retrobrighting as well. By going with teal, the OP is clearly trying to capture the look of vintage keycaps that have ambered with age, which is an appealing aesthetic direction to take. It is unfortunate, though, that capturing the spirit of the original keyboard doesn't extend to its color layout in addition to its underlying colorway.
kmba:
Yes they were more blue, but with a hint of teal.
daaawooo:
--- Quote from: ye_cole on Tue, 04 July 2017, 20:42:49 ---I'm not sure where you heard this? Can you give me a link? In my correspondence with maxkeys, it seems that they don't have molds with the kerning issues fixed. These really bug me, so I'd like to get them out of the way.
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in the SA Taboo thread
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=88807.msg2402348#msg2402348
or in general also https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=88227.0;topicseen
ye_cole:
--- Quote --- It is unfortunate, though, that capturing the spirit of the original keyboard doesn't extend to its color layout in addition to its underlying colorway.
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You're right! It certainly is. However, I really just wanted to make a set that looks good with somewhat of an aged look. I think I've done that. I'm not going to go all grey FN row, or really change the current one. It's all over the place, and so is the original keyboard. I didn't set out to make a carbon copy of the fortune 32:16, and I'm not going to. Thank you for understanding.
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