Looks pretty nice overall, but the glyph for the digit 5 is weird, especially in bold. The notch on the left goes really deep...
IBM Plex – A new typeface
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Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#92From 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.)
"we are in the process of acquiring the rights and licensing for Helvetica Neue for IBM" [2015]
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#93What the hell were they thinking?
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#94I'm glad they are wasting their time on this versus being relevant.
Being relevant? Their architectures and systems are quickly rising in popularity, their compiler is making great strides, and overall they're actively breaking into the HPC market, which they haven't been dominating in a very long time. I'd say they're extremely relevant, just perhaps not to your specific skillset.
Based on this site, they're actively breaking out of the web design market.
As for the rest:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/269396/global-market-sha...
It's too early to tell if that last quarter is an amazing turn-around trend, or an anomaly.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#95Project manager for that site: "Hey need the most unusable website ever created, but with a modern feel. Bonuses of $1K for every anti pattern you can manage to incorporate"
Even the term "anti-pattern" too graciously implies there's some sort of rhyme or reason (some "pattern") to the madness.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#96I love the font and the site, it worked well in chrome (android), except some glitch in the begining. Otherwise, the font is very interestingly and interactively presented.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#97This 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…
Before clicking the link:
grumble grumble typical HN, top comment is whining about the webpage instead of focusing on the content. sigh
After clicking the link on my smartphone:
Sweet mother of Jesus, what have they done.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#98I've been using Plex Mono for my Emacs font on MacOS for about a week and it's very nice. It has replaced Hack for the time being. The font has just the right amount of whimsy/flair for me, and the style of the italics is pretty neat.
Something I never thought I would write, but here it is:
"Those curly braces are gorgeous"
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#99From 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.
Re: IBM Plex – A new typeface
#100This 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…
If you scroll with your mouse, you can actually scroll past that IBM logo. It's an animation. After the logo, you get a nice huge button to the next section.
I didn't even spot this at first, a friend did.