Support for Alternative Layouts
This is a summary of how alternative layouts have been supported by kits such as Colevrak and Homing. It is not a discussion of alt layout performance and development, but if that interests you I highly recommend starting with Pascal Getreuer’s A guide to alt keyboard layouts (why, how, which one?). It’s a concise and comprehensive overview with links to some great sites that go deeper. He also has a separate Links about keyboards page. The Keyboard layouts doc he recommends explains layout goals and metrics in detail, summarizing the alt layouts discussed here as well as more than one hundred others. Sculpted-profile The majority of custom keycap sets are sculpted-profile (Cherry, SA, MT3, KAT, etc. - more on profiles generally here) so let’s start there. Because each row has a unique keycap shape, alt layouts require a unique keycap for each legend that moves off its QWERTY row. At first there were two The Dvorak layout was patented in 1936 by August Dvorak & William L....
Apr 23, 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of the keycap re-cap series. This one will run like the previous one from January.
We will initially allow each person to purchase up to 2 kits on 6/28 at 6:00 a.m. PT. At around noon PT, I will open up the drop for additional kits to be added to the same order.
If you do not want to be double charged for shipping, please make sure to wait and add more kits to your order instead of placing another order.
Regarding the kits available, we will be doing a talk post with information on what will be available similar to the drop in January. I will add the link here once that’s complete.
EDIT: Here is a list of what will be available starting tomorrow · Massdrop x T0mb3ry SA Carbon Custom Keycap Set - Most kits including base alphas available · Massdrop x Zambumon GMK Nautilus Custom Keycap Set - Very limited quantities of most kits including base alphas available · Massdrop x MiTo XDA Godspeed Custom Keycap Set - Most kits including base alphas available in limited quantities · Overcast DSA Custom Keycap Set - Limited ISO / UK kits available · Godspeed Custom SA Keycap Set - Limited novelties and lab kits · Dasher & Dancer SA Custom Keycap Set - Limited ISO kits and OS Mods · Planck Keycap Set - Various blank kits available
6/27/18 Update After some due diligence, we realized there are actually no Infinity Dye Sub Keycaps in our inventory - those will not appear in the drop.
6/28/18 12:00 p.m. PT Update Opened up ordering to 4 kits total per user. I'll check back in the afternoon and let everyone know when we'll open up for more kits.
Awesome.
@rowie @OldCat no GMK Laser will not be apart of this. This will only contain keycaps from kits that have shipped.
Though if you’ve seen the stock numbers from previous recaps, the chances of getting anything I want are slim to none.
With Paypal you will want to keep an eye out in case there is a payment issue. You have 24 hours from the close of the drop (6/30 10:00 p.m. PT) to get payment fixed if there is an issue.
@dandel @jrjr2 thank you for the kind words!