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Isn't this just WoB?It uses a different font/typeface
They do look nice, but maybe a bit more work on the novelties? I am not usually a WoB of BoW fan, so please don't take my words as an attack on your work.Isn't this just WoB?It uses a different font/typeface
They do look nice, but maybe a bit more work on the novelties? I am not usually a WoB of BoW fan, so please don't take my words as an attack on your work.
They do look nice, but maybe a bit more work on the novelties? I am not usually a WoB of BoW fan, so please don't take my words as an attack on your work.
No, that’s absolutely fine — I know WoB isn’t for everyone. I’m attempting to create something that will hopefully have sufficient appeal as to be the basis for multiple sets, and White on Black felt like the most natural fit to have the broadest reach possible. This also means that for things like the novelties I’m trying to create icons that could be used in other sets too, so they’re a little bit generic (particularly the shapes). That said I do have many other ideas for novelties, I just stripped it down to the essentials since they’ll cost so much to get moulds made for!
Isn't this just WoB?you just ignored the whole point of the set
And you just missed the whole conversation after that.Isn't this just WoB?you just ignored the whole point of the set
If you're going to lean on the city interpretation of Gotham with the deskmat, maybe some skyscraper or subway novelties would make sense with this set?
Also cute name! Are you actually using Gotham for the legends, or are they custom made by you in that style?
Assuming this concept makes it to Group Buy I’d love to hear from others who are interested in creating doubleshot DSA keycap sets (or DSS, since the moulds will be compatible with both profiles) making use of these legends.
Isn't this just WoB?It uses a different font/typeface
I'm pretty sure it's just the default DSA font which is very close to Gotham, and is also used by SP for SA and DSS. The only custom typeface DSA from SP that I'm aware of is DSA 2077, which uses a typeface that is pretty close to Futura.
Also cute name! Are you actually using Gotham for the legends, or are they custom made by you in that style?
Thanks! It's actually a mixture. The majority of the legends are Gotham Rounded Medium, then there's also a few in DIN Next Rounded LT Pro, and some other legends which are entirely bespoke. It goes without saying the icons are all my own creation, too.
This is nice! Would love to see a comparison between standard DSA alpha legends and your new ones, because the differences aren't apparent to me.
Part of me also wants to see this in DSS rather than DSA, but that's just because I'd like to try DSS out and so far no keysets have appealed to me enough to make me want to purchase them.
- Symbols are sized more in accordance with their on-screen representation, rather than being oddly large (e.g. ~, *, ^, ¬)
To me, the number row in the SP version looks more elegant; the positive and negative space is more balanced, and the symbols are all equally readable. In the Gotham variant, the @ dominates and steals the eye for no real reason, while the * is barely recognisable as such. If you stick with this layout though, consider at least separating the - and _ a little. They look a bit squashed, and arguably inaccurate too, as many common fonts typically line up the - similarly to the =. Anyway, I wouldn't be getting the base kit myself, so ignore me at your leisure.
I might be interested in the icon packs though, especially if you did something like an 'ortholinear kit' with 1u icons. DSA is arguably the premier profile for macropads, so it's always nice to see 1u icon options. And your icons are nice and crisp. Again though, a couple have readability issues. Take these ones for example. Not only are the sillhouettes smaller than in the remaining icons, but the key, informative parts of those symbols (the black arrows) are miniscule:
Would definitely be interested in a future DSS version.
any chance for icon mod compatibility for 40s kit?
Please consider adding a homing kit to support alternative layouts.Show Image(https://i.postimg.cc/FmV75jmg/Homing-Plus211126.png)
Thanks for the feedback! I’ve got mixed feelings on some of this, so I’ll start with my rationale: I want there to (ideally) be visual consistency across all icon and text modifiers, such that the stroke widths are (broadly) the same in all places. When it comes to how to treat special symbols with this rule in place, you are left with some difficult choices at points: should the glyph be larger to compensate for its (relative) small on-screen size? What if this means that it ends up looking very ‘thin’ as a result compared to its peers? I’ve opted to try and keep things somewhat similar to the originals. There are some glyphs that aren’t even consistent within the typeface though, for example the @ symbol in Gotham looks pretty bad by default, and wholly unsuitable for unmodified use here..................
Please consider adding a homing kit to support alternative layouts.Show Image(https://i.postimg.cc/FmV75jmg/Homing-Plus211126.png)
I would buy rainy deskmat right now.
i really don't feel the left aligned text mods, at all, but the work on the alphas is top notch.
Any concerns about naming/IP issues?
Things are being worked out, but the project is far from dead.