It's an ortholinear split key board. https://switchandclick.com/best-ortholinear-keyboards/ https://switchandclick.com/best-ortholinear-keyboards/ Here's anot

It's an ortholinear split key board. https://switchandclick.com/best-ortholinear-keyboards/ https://switchandclick.com/best-ortholinear-keyboards/ Here's another one https://dygma.com/blogs/product-development/new-ortholinear-keyboard https://dygma.com/blogs/product-development/new-ortholinear-... These are all what you're trying to say is only called 'columnar' because the vertical is staggered but the horizontal is straight. As I hope I've demonstrated, in practice your criticism is without basis, these boards are described by their own manufacturers as ortholinear.