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Offline vhaarr

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Deskmat!
« Reply #50 on: Tue, 11 October 2022, 16:10:56 »
Oh and I forgot to say, you should add a 4th kit with red mods and same font as red Esc :D
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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Deskmat!
« Reply #51 on: Wed, 12 October 2022, 09:29:43 »
So there's no doubt - I am getting this kit if the production samples look anything like the renders (now that there is an international kit!). That said, I have a few comments/questions;

(and yes, I am aware I am questioning the render now, and not a final product)

1. The R1 1u |+\ key pipe looks a bit weird, and definitely doesn't look the same as the R2 pipe
2. Same with the R4 1u |+\
3. The R3 1u @+' key ' looks too fat compared to the R3 1u "+' key, also the @ looks _sliiiiightly_ bigger than the @ in the "standard" R1 1u @+2 key
4. The croc symbols on R4 croc+dot/comma keys look a bit "fat"
5. The R1 _+- and ++= legends look misplaced, they're too close to center, especially the =
6. The R1 1u "Equals" legend for the numpad key looks misaligned compared to the rest
7. The arrow keys look completely wrong in every way I can think of; positioning, size, the gap between arrow and "spear", and boldness - all of it looks weird
8. R1 _and_ R2 1u "Delete" key legend looks misaligned (too far left)
9. R1 Esc+F1-12 keys are not aligned with Print/Scroll/Pause/F13 - they should at _least_ align with F13, horizontally
10. R1 (+9 and )+0 legends for the () are too large or too close to the top
11. R4 Alt+Ctrl 1u key legends are not spaced consistently from the left edge

And now for the international kit;
12. R4 1u crocs are sliiiightly too fat
13. R4 _+- key legend _ is perhaps slightly too thin?
14. Ø + Å also look sliiiiightly too fat, I mean it's barely perceptable

I love it!

Thank you for all this, and im glad you love it!

I'll look more in to these and make sure they are addressed in the renders and manufacturing files! I'm glad someone took the time to look! You know how it is when you have stared at one project for weeks on end it's easy to miss things and I appreciate this level of feedback!

Offline Beesley

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Deskmat!
« Reply #52 on: Wed, 12 October 2022, 09:30:14 »
Edit: Double post

Offline vhaarr

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Deskmat!
« Reply #53 on: Wed, 12 October 2022, 11:02:15 »
Wait, is the set missing an R4 1.75u Shift key? There seems to be two extra Shift keys in the base kit which I'm unable to determine the width of, are they both supposed to be 2u, or is one 2u and the other 2.25u? It's hard to tell from the renders.

But you should replace at least one with a 1.75u.
EDIT: Actually you might want to keep 3 you have provided they are 2u+2.25u and just add a 1.75u one. Yes, 4 Shifts for R4. But I do believe 1.75u is more important than some of the others. I can't quite remember though.

Also is the set missing an R3 \| key or am I blind? I see there's R4, but not R3.

And I have to say; one thing that's really, really missing is an R3 1.75u novelty for Caps Lock/Control. As I see it, there are three options;
1. Include R3 1.75u novelty key with a drawing in the novelty kit
2. Include R3 1.75u red + R3 2.25u (and perhaps ISO enter) red with text like Esc key in any kit, with text like "What about lunch?", or "There is no hurry" for example (it can't just be one extra red key for the R3 caps/ctrl because then the board would be completely unbalanced when it was used - needs a red for the right side as well then)
3. Include R3 1.75u novelty key with a drawing in the base kit, which is large enough already
« Last Edit: Wed, 12 October 2022, 11:11:10 by vhaarr »
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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres
« Reply #54 on: Wed, 12 October 2022, 12:59:43 »
more beige, how innovative.

Hi friend!

We looked at doing a variety of color combinations, character-based mod/novelty color sets, etc., and ultimately decided that we should take a page out of the original book, and keep things relatively understated. We opted for the cream/beige color to get close to that of the printed paper, and have the novelties for adding the splashes of color if people so desire.

good choice.
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Offline NoPunIn10Did

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Deskmat!
« Reply #55 on: Wed, 12 October 2022, 14:26:38 »
2. Include R3 1.75u red + R3 2.25u (and perhaps ISO enter) red with text like Esc key in any kit, with text like "What about lunch?", or "There is no hurry" for example (it can't just be one extra red key for the R3 caps/ctrl because then the board would be completely unbalanced when it was used - needs a red for the right side as well then)

I'm pretty sure those lines come from Disney, not the book, so not in the public domain yet.

Offline vhaarr

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Deskmat!
« Reply #56 on: Wed, 12 October 2022, 16:01:27 »
I'm pretty sure those lines come from Disney, not the book, so not in the public domain yet.
Haha that's a good point if you're right, which you probably are. In any case I believe Beesley said on Discord that they're going with solution #1, so the novelty kit will contain an r3 1.75u. Don't hold me to that, I might misremember or have misinterpreted what was said.
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Offline Beesley

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Update!
« Reply #57 on: Thu, 13 October 2022, 14:58:47 »
Update:

- Fixed some inconsistencies with the kitting in both the basekit and international kit
- Changed the incorrect R4 Caps Lock to 1.75u Shift

- Added R4 1.75u Novelty

Edit: R4 novelty should he R3 will fix asap
« Last Edit: Thu, 13 October 2022, 20:06:43 by Beesley »

Offline vhaarr

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Update!
« Reply #58 on: Sun, 16 October 2022, 08:32:30 »
Thank you so much for reading my posts and implementing some of my thoughts! The set looks much better now! I can't wait!

Now I just need to find a good board to put it on :D \o/
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Offline eigenstasis

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | New Update!
« Reply #59 on: Tue, 18 October 2022, 17:33:25 »
Very cool! Interested in seeing samples of the novelties. Glwic!  :thumb:

Offline Beesley

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | Final Deskmat Added!
« Reply #60 on: Wed, 19 October 2022, 07:28:03 »
Update:

Final Deskmat added designed by the lovely Seo!

Offline MrBingo

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | Final Deskmat Added!
« Reply #61 on: Wed, 19 October 2022, 09:51:30 »
wow! Love the design of the novelties! Glwic!


Offline 0hh.Hello

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | Final Deskmat Added!
« Reply #62 on: Mon, 24 October 2022, 02:05:16 »
I’m definitely in for this set!

Offline acerb

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | Final Deskmat Added!
« Reply #63 on: Mon, 24 October 2022, 05:42:54 »
*nonsense part*
But happy about it because it's a beautiful set and memories

(edit: removed the unuseful part)
« Last Edit: Mon, 24 October 2022, 14:49:56 by acerb »

Offline Beesley

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | Final Deskmat Added!
« Reply #64 on: Mon, 24 October 2022, 05:54:49 »
Apparently the discord post suggesting it might quite boost the sales ;D
But happy about it because it's a beautiful set and memories

I'm not quite sure what you are saying with the first bit :D

But i'm glad you like the set!

Offline Beesley

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | Honey Switches!
« Reply #65 on: Tue, 25 October 2022, 00:25:16 »
Are you putting honey switches in your Keyboard?! Perfect pairing with this set!

Offline Beesley

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #66 on: Wed, 26 October 2022, 07:45:38 »
Update:

GB Announced: 1st January 2023

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #67 on: Wed, 26 October 2022, 09:03:35 »
This is some god tier design imo, maybe gonna get one for myself  :thumb:

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #68 on: Wed, 26 October 2022, 09:25:34 »
This is some god tier design imo, maybe gonna get one for myself  :thumb:

Thanks so much! It's been great fun designing this and we are looking forward to being able to deliver it!

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #69 on: Wed, 26 October 2022, 09:36:47 »
i dont remember if i commented here...

i do like this set. pooh was a big part of my early youth.

would love to see a bit more character in the base

novs are fantastic though, same with the deskpads

Offline cthalupa

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #70 on: Wed, 26 October 2022, 17:28:14 »
i dont remember if i commented here...

i do like this set. pooh was a big part of my early youth.

would love to see a bit more character in the base

novs are fantastic though, same with the deskpads

Hi friend! Thanks for the kind words.

Any more detail on what you might be looking for in the base kit? Between the custom font being used throughout, some novelties, including the text novs, we've been feeling pretty good about making sure we get the theme across in the base kit. We've had some requests to move all the novs over to the base kit and just run it like that, but we didn't want to increase the base kit cost for those that don't want to go "all in", and there'd not really be any savings for those that do want to do so. Really curious to hear your thoughts, though - we're working on getting samples ordered now, so that we'll have them by the GB, so we're on a compressed timeline for any changes.


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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #71 on: Thu, 27 October 2022, 04:51:27 »
This is such a cute set
Amazing work with the font and novelties

Offline for1nner

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #72 on: Thu, 27 October 2022, 08:12:55 »
custom font being used throughout

Custom font as in _you guys_ created the font? Regardless, is it available somewhere for download?

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #73 on: Thu, 27 October 2022, 08:21:38 »
i dont remember if i commented here...

i do like this set. pooh was a big part of my early youth.

would love to see a bit more character in the base

novs are fantastic though, same with the deskpads

Hi friend! Thanks for the kind words.

Any more detail on what you might be looking for in the base kit? Between the custom font being used throughout, some novelties, including the text novs, we've been feeling pretty good about making sure we get the theme across in the base kit. We've had some requests to move all the novs over to the base kit and just run it like that, but we didn't want to increase the base kit cost for those that don't want to go "all in", and there'd not really be any savings for those that do want to do so. Really curious to hear your thoughts, though - we're working on getting samples ordered now, so that we'll have them by the GB, so we're on a compressed timeline for any changes.

no concrete recommendations, but i'd just expect a little bit more color somewhere :)

Offline cthalupa

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #74 on: Thu, 27 October 2022, 08:48:15 »
custom font being used throughout

Custom font as in _you guys_ created the font? Regardless, is it available somewhere for download?
Sorry for the confusion here - this is not a font we created, but custom in the sense that it is not the standard Cherry/cherry-style font.

It is Patrick Hand, available under the Open Font License. Google ( https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Patrick+Hand ) and several other locations have it for download.

Offline for1nner

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #75 on: Thu, 27 October 2022, 09:47:43 »
Sorry for the confusion here - this is not a font we created, but custom in the sense that it is not the standard Cherry/cherry-style font.

It is Patrick Hand, available under the Open Font License. Google ( https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Patrick+Hand ) and several other locations have it for download.

No apology necessary, gave me exactly what I was looking for! I just wanted the font to use myself :P

And it was a great choice for this set - can't wait to get my hands on it.

Offline EdgeOfInfinity

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #76 on: Thu, 27 October 2022, 13:05:15 »
not even a huge Pooh fan but man this got me nostalgic. and the deskmats are fire!

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #77 on: Thu, 27 October 2022, 14:57:01 »
Not sure how anyone else feels about this, but personally I’d love to see the legends a bit larger, and centered on the caps, rather than crammed into the upper left corner GMK-style. (Similar to Honey and Milk) Let that font breathe!  :thumb:

Offline kevvinn

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #78 on: Mon, 31 October 2022, 10:54:09 »
omg, this is beyond adorable. This looks like a must-buy for me! Looking forward to GB :D

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #79 on: Mon, 31 October 2022, 19:12:27 »
This is truly the perfect gift for the right person.

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #80 on: Tue, 15 November 2022, 14:01:22 »
i love honey

Offline Pyurii

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB Date Announced!
« Reply #81 on: Tue, 15 November 2022, 15:23:27 »
This is so cute!!! Can’t wait to see more :)

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | Collab Announcements!
« Reply #82 on: Tue, 06 December 2022, 03:18:10 »
Update:

Some initial collabs added
Samples should be ready before GB!

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | Pricing Announced!
« Reply #83 on: Sat, 24 December 2022, 14:14:12 »
Pricing Announced!

Offline Beesley

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Re: [IC] KBM Hundred Acres | GB is Live!
« Reply #84 on: Sun, 01 January 2023, 09:43:52 »
GB is Live!