My suggestions for forum keys. DT key will happen as i got no permission for the usual DT key you know. The RMK will happen too, because of reasons. However for the geekhack you can decide to make it this way or use the already existing one.
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Deskthority
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PS. If those are getting made feel free to use them for your keyset design. There is no need to ask for permission. I am trying to make permissions-free forum keys.
Would love to hear about your rationale behind these designs. :D
Ok.
First of all you have to know forum keys are kind of representation of the community and they are a must in almost every keyset (if its possible and does not let price explode).
RMKYou have to know i hate dramas. I'll not explain the concrete reasons, because it may start another drama. So i decided just to make rmk key from scratch. It is designed in honeycumb pattern. I agree its most suited for carbon, but it does not prevent it from usage in different themed keysets, as honeycumb pattern is quite neutral. Also due to the placements of letters i could get rid of slashes "/". Its simple and understandable.
GeekHackFor this you have to understand my POV of communities. There are RMK, GeekHack and Deskthority. Despite that, there is kind of religion wars (mostly between rmk and geekhack) but all of them profit of each other and its a good thing. RMK is in my POV like "NewYork Times". Its a news paper. It has todo with how reddit works. Posts get burried quickly. GeekHack and Deskthority are on the other hand far different from RMK. In those two forums things are getting developed and made. In my POV GeekHack and Deskthority are the Engines who runs the community. This is why GeekHack is made inside of a Gear. It keeps things running. The same is for Deskthority and i actually wanted to make two gears (DT and GH) spinning each other. However DT is little bit different.
DeskthorityYou know Deskthority. But do you know Deskthority club? Yes those ladies and gentlements got their own club. So they got their traditions and so on. Despite they are kind of conservative (in my opinion) they also keep things running. Think of Matt3o, afaik he is a Deskthority club member.
I asked Deskthority for a permission to use their Forum key. They were thankful because i asked them (despite other designers dont even ask them and use it anyway) but they refused kindly. I respect that.
So it was kind of hard to get the idea how to represent deskthority. I picked the "Authority" and mixed it with "Tradition", because they got some. So the only thing that came into my mind was a "Wappen" (Crest or coat of arms in english). I am honestly not quite happy with it. But i got no better idea for Deskthority. In the first Carbon run i was asked why i did not included Deskthority into forum keys. Well, here it is.