That IBM System/360 is beautiful. I never thought I'd say that about anything IBM.
IBM Plex – A new typeface
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Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#112Lots of jank on an old Nexus 6P. Granted it's not buttery smooth anymore, but that was pretty crazy.
Does it load jank free on anyone's mobile device? Curious to know if there are devices out there with no jank on this site.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#113From my experience dealing with IBM, I can only imagine this was the result of 5 different consulting teams, assisted by 3 different outsourced development groups, which was delayed numerous times, then Watson was added, and then a re-org caused by layoffs, which finally resulted in a website that couldn't scroll and caused the CPU of my high-end laptop to scream...
You missed the most important part; it was initiated by a team of lawyers who were tipped off by another team who noticed the Watson design team were using a typeface on public websites which they didn't have the copyright to, and certainly didn't have the license to redistribute. Almost 2 years later, Plex was born. (This is a true story, by the way.)
> Plex was born.
And then they get sued by Plex, Inc and starts over.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand this comment. That page removes the ability to scroll via pageup/down, via arrow keys, via spacebar, and via a scroll-bar on the right (even when force-enabled via operating system settings). It appears that the only way to scroll is via mouse wheel. How is that not disabling core navigation in a frustrating way?
Interesting. They all work fine for me. I wonder why? I have tested on Firefox 59 and Chrome 65 in Linux.
For me they didn't work until I clicked in the page. Chrome 60 and Firefox 58 on Linux.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand this comment. That page removes the ability to scroll via pageup/down, via arrow keys, via spacebar, and via a scroll-bar on the right (even when force-enabled via operating system settings). It appears that the only way to scroll is via mouse wheel. How is that not disabling core navigation in a frustrating way?
Interesting. They all work fine for me. I wonder why? I have tested on Firefox 59 and Chrome 65 in Linux.
Also all worked for me in Chrome 65 on Windows.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#116From my experience dealing with IBM, I can only imagine this was the result of 5 different consulting teams, assisted by 3 different outsourced development groups, which was delayed numerous times, then Watson was added, and then a re-org caused by layoffs, which finally resulted in a website that couldn't scroll and caused the CPU of my high-end laptop to scream...
It sure looks like it was designed by committee. It is one of the ugliest typefaces I have ever seen and, having studied typography, I have seen some really shitty ones. What were they thinking with the f and r? This is Times New Roman all over again.
Huh? Times New Roman is at least acceptable; it's legible and was designed by a real type designer. Plex is a complete joke.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#117They have a type tester on the page. May I suggest plugging in the following characters. Wasn't a fan of how they are represented.
lwQ{}vxz
Edit: Correction, it's just Mono Italic Bold. Looks better in other formats.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#118Those 5s make me uncomfortable.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#119This is one of the most frustrating page navigation experiences I have had in long a while. I tend to scroll with pgup/pgdn or arrow keys (or more occasionally, space/shift+space) and when I got to the big "IBM" logo the page just kind of stopped. I thought that was all. It wasn't until I came to this thread I realized there was more, and I should look again, but even then it took me forever to: 1. Realize I needed t…
Wow, shift+space is great. I wish I knew about this years ago.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#120This is excellent work, and all of the source files and fonts permissively licensed and available on GitHub. https://github.com/IBM/plex
Oh wow, I was not expecting that!