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    Spreading the word

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    I need someone to design a bumper sticker with the colemak keyboard on it (the color-coded picture) so I can stick it on my car, and everyone's car I know.  Sooooo How's it done?

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    For a bumper sticker I'd use Inkscape to make sure the resolution is optimal. As chance would have it, I'm making a keyboard design right now! It'll have realistic-looking IBM-type keys; if you're interested I'll post what I have when I'm nearing completion. Today I'm still working on the generic key.

    I'll make the Comfort design (with the VK_102 key) but it shouldn't be hard to make a vanilla design too if you really want that instead.

    There are a few fun banners around, but they're best used for web sites and such where resolution isn't critical.

    By the way: You wouldn't happen to like this one by any chance? I could make you a high-resolution version if you want, or tweak it a bit.

    ColemakTime_Color.png

    Last edited by DreymaR (12-Aug-2009 13:41:32)

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    Well, I think that people like old-school, so it might be a good thing for QWERTY.  Definitely post the IBM-looking one though, I'd like to see it!

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    Heh, hadn't thought of the positive connotations of 'old-school' all that much to be honest. But I think it's okay because the main idea is to get people thinking about what QWERTY really is, and what's old about it etc. As you see that layout doesn't even tell what Colemak is, so it's definitely more of a teaser. That's okay as my webpage header I feel.

    I'll be doing both an IBM-style one and one more laptop-like. But I've been too busy the last couple of days, so I've only got a little time to work on them. Soon, I promise.

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    Yeah, people really should be shown the reality of QWERTY's silliness.  Maybe some facts from the wiki (miles of finger travel or something) would make some good bumper-stickers, too!

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    Okay, here we go:

    Cmk-BoardFig_IBM-Fingering.png

    Replete with comfort mappings, my fingering in dinky colors 'n'all. It's a vector graphic so it's freely scaleable. See my other topic for more.

    Open to constructive criticism and/or wishes - as long as it's not a wish for a non-Colemak one! I don't have enough time to do my Colemak-related projects properly, so I'm not going to put in work hours for the others.  ;)

    It is of course entirely possible to make adjustments like for instance this non-comfort one (either in the vector graphics or as I did with this one, quick-n-dirty in the Gimp):

    Cmk-BoardFig_IBM-BigCroppedUS-Gray.png

    Last edited by DreymaR (25-Aug-2009 13:00:33)

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    perhaps posts some of these images on the Colemak facebook group ?

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    Please take that up in the main post in the Contributions forum.

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