"I" key inquiry (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

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

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.

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

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wait. nono your UK version don’t have the mismatched “I” key?

I got a British English as well, but mine has this “I” key thing.

I imagine you purchased rather early. Mine is …

FRAKDWENA
2414300K6

Compal P/N PK138YT1A15
Lite-on P/N SG-A8760-2BA
Lite-on S/N 24040300614
Model NO.: SNAB00BU0   C2

(year 2024 month 4 day 3 number 614?)

And

M07_L12_R03_F05(US)
851-02297-00A  SNAB00BU0

This one I guess is the Framework FRU or whatever. I ordered it to be shipped to US.

If framework truly wants to be unique, rather than having every key have the same font, it would be more interesting to have every key have a different font. Except two. So it could be inconsistently inconsistent.