"I" key incident (Font)

I’m sorry but what is this “I” key?


It’s on the RGB (picture!) as well, which is completely new silkscreen. Should have caught that?
Is wild to watch

Unless this is somehow intended, but how is this (mismatched font) intended?

Now, don’t get me wrong. I am … fine, with my purchase. Not really any complaints. Nothing is perfect, and I will happily take an “early adopter defect” (or an electronic “birth mark”), since it adds uniqueness. If this is traceable to a certain batch, it will be even cooler.

But I must know the answer to this.

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I was going to ask if it is possible to get a single replacement key. Now given these are scissor switches, it’s probably likely that I end up destroying the plastic scissor mechanism or the keycap; that’s fine. Sending a single scissor mechanism and a keycap should be still far cheaper (and less wasteful) than sending a full key cap.
Or even send 5 of them. Though it’s probably silkscreened after the keyboards are assembled, so I don’t know.
I certainly would entertain that idea. But what do I know.

What is wrong with the I key? It looks the same as on my own 16, and seems to be the same as the pictures of the keyboard on the website.

Edit: Oh I see, there is a different font with the US English and British English vs other keyboards with the Latin alphabet

Please see this

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It is always the way I was taught to write an uppercase “i”, with a top and bottom bar.
I continually have to think about wether the letter is an uppercase i (I) or a lowercase L (l), as seen how this font represents those letters.
In passwords, I continue to have to think, is this that stupid font style that confuses capital/lowercase L/i with l/I (lowercase L/capital i).
I didn’t notice my keyboard i until now, but thankfully the uppercase i has a top and bottom bar, as in Xavier_Jiangs’ pic in post#1.
Cheers

Yes in script, but this is a keyboard and all mine have the I sans as in this post.

It’s a keyboard with an Indicator for a Capital letter. I see no reason why some would mistake that for a lower case L as L is L and 1 is 1, so why not I be I…

i or l as lower case are not keyboard symbols

Same here. I wanted to post that months ago but was to lazy.
I would be happy to buy a keyboard with a simple I

one of them is a bit shorter

a lot of people write lower-case L with a curve near the bottom. Sort of like in Bahnschrift, or Cascadia.

It’s not great. “1”, and “l” and “I” is always a pain when mixed in.

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All of you folks are debating Serif vs Sans Serif… I’m trying to figure out why your letters are in the top corner, while mine are centered…

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I am pretty sure you have the new version (ANSI), as seen in the RGB version (of ANSI).
I don’t think ISO got an RGB one yet.

Yeah you can actually see. You get the new “PrtScr” silkscreen as well.

But this is a keyboard, your are not reading a password :clock1:

Top left for the 1 as usual then QWERTYUIOP

What’s there to get wrong if the CAP I has Serif, sure it may look a bit odd and be an error but to say it causes any confusion is crazy.

My keys are UK English, printed top left and all Sans

right. And even if whatever, the font should be the same

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‘Could’ be the same and would make sense, as it is on my UK version, but whatever the reason there will be one, maybe just one that isn’t what some users expect or want.

Maybe something simple like ‘the robot’ picked up the wrong key in placement.

Of course that does leave the question, who decided these keys were to be made.

The ‘Serif Sans Screwball’ continues.

The problem I have with some of the text, is not that it is inconsistent, which clearly it is, but complaints that people don’t know if it’s [a lower L] [a 1] or an [upper I]

It’s a keyboard . . . .

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Even in the official video they now have the serif I

13" Just looking at a couple of the keyboards the International English seems sans
whilst the Linux version is serif ???

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