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Re:IBM Plex Typeface (2018) by NKosmatos on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:13AM (#30303108)
Can someone please add a (2018) in the title :-)

OK font, pointless website and not a smart choice of name, when we hear Plex the thing that comes to mind is the Plex streaming/home DLNA software [0] we all know.

Well to be honest, the first thing that comes in my mind is the PLEX programming language [1] for Ericsson telephone exchanges, that I know and have used in the past.

[0] https://www.plex.tv/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLEX_(programming_language)

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Re:IBM Plex Typeface (2018) by lildata on Friday February 11, 2022 @11:22AM (#30303243)
My guess is this a reference to sysplex [0] on mainframe systems, often abbreviated "Plex"

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Parallel_Sysplex#Sysplex

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Re:IBM Plex Typeface (2018) by sigzero on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:43PM (#30304447)
I don't think of anything at all when I see "Plex".
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