What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
Overall, the look of the set is quite pleasing, and I may be coerced into buying some of it if the price is right, but I feel that it shines badly on the community when some of the half-thought out ideas in this set are meant to represent a finished product.
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> F-row upper case:
It's an AEK influence which I wanted to implement. Lower case f didn't look very good when immediately paired with numbers.
> Center/Top Left alignment:
Text is top left and icons are center, simple as that. The icons modifiers were designed specifically for the runic kit and this keyset is not supposed to be a mix and match between icons/text. My 2D mockups are mix and match for the sake of advertisement of the kits, but you can see that no 3D renders have icons in them. I created some "rules" that I didn't share, people were not supposed to mix icons/text like some of you are figuring out. It was a mistake from my part and bad advertisement by displaying icons/text mixed together on my mockups. You either go full text or you go runic + icons, unless you have a numpad - in which case you'll be forced to use some icons. Does that make sense?
BUT!
Here's the thing - We are still in the feedback phase and I believe we can turn things around.
There's only one way to bring our vision to reality - and it is by offering a very important kit that should have been included to begin with.
Update coming in the next minutes.
Feedback is extremely valuable and most of your post above was well composed and I do agree with parts of what was said, I just don't think you should encourage pigeonholing when this is meant to be a Canvas. I don't know why there'd be a need to be dealing in absolutes here.