Nathan Willis

Keys II

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Meaning these, in the post from this morning. Which I add in a post all of its own, since it seems Pumpa doesn't support attaching images to comments.

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And yes, I had to slice up and reorganize some of them since the order on the stickers did not match the keyboard layout(s) available in my distro.

And yes, it is a little bit harder to read the Latin on the keyboard, mostly because of the haze of the stickers and not interference from the other letters. For the most part I touch type just fine, but all the keys on my laptop are identical in size and shape, so orienting the first time you reach over now takes a half second longer. I'm used to my carefully-vetted hinged ergo keyboard on the desktop, I guess.

And yes, if I did find a place to get custom stickers made, I would definitely add two more scripts: Greek in the upper left-hand and Armenian top-center. It's like every key is a game of Sudoku.

Nathan Willis at 2017-05-26T19:25:36Z

FYI, that would work because Greek and Armenian are both cased; the Bengali alphabet isn't, so it uses *SHIFT* to provide access to a whole different set of letters, necessitating two symbols per sticker.

File under "The things you don't think about when designing your writing system."

And no, I couldn't think of anything to put on the keys in bottom-center position. Suggestions open.

Nathan Willis at 2017-05-26T19:31:01Z