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Title: Gill Sans 10-keyless
Post by: Cheveron on Sun, 12 July 2015, 12:05:35

Hi. Long time lurker here. Finally got around to registering. I'm designing a keyboard for an FPGA 8-bit computer project. Decided to go the WASDkeyboards route for complete control over the legends. Wanted to use Gill Sans. Turns out there are good reasons why no-one uses this typeface for keyboard legends (drop J, wildly different symbol sizes, etc.). I have tweaked it a bit so it's still recognizably Gill Sans, but looks a bit neater. Originally I had the command keys in Gill Sans light, but I was concerned that with the WASD printing process they wouldn't look very good so switched them to regular. I was somewhat inspired by the keyboards of the Commodore Plus 4 and the Atari ST. Plan is to have black type on white keys, and the reverse for the function keys. All comments and suggestions greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Gill Sans 10-keyless
Post by: VoteForDavid on Wed, 15 July 2015, 00:44:33

Just a comment: I think the font looks great.

Title: Re: Gill Sans 10-keyless
Post by: Cheveron on Wed, 15 July 2015, 04:39:12

Quote from: VoteForDavid on Wed, 15 July 2015, 00:44:33

Just a comment: I think the font looks great.

Thanks. I've made a few tweaks to the symbol keys and placed my order. I'll post photos when it arrives.

Title: Re: Gill Sans 10-keyless
Post by: Cheveron on Fri, 24 July 2015, 05:08:42

It has arrived.

Title: Re: Gill Sans 10-keyless
Post by: VoteForDavid on Fri, 24 July 2015, 21:55:37

Congratulations.  I love it all except the ridiculous enter key :D

Title: Re: Gill Sans 10-keyless
Post by: CPTBadAss on Mon, 27 July 2015, 09:36:17

I like that font a lot.

Title: Re: Gill Sans 10-keyless
Post by: Cheveron on Tue, 28 July 2015, 08:10:49

The keypad has arrived. The layout should be familiar to former ST or Amiga owners.