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Drop + The Lord of the Rings™ Elvish Keyboard
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keyboard_arrow_downHoffmanMyster
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Aug 16, 2022
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Hello all! Stoked to finally announce both the Elvish and Dwarvish variants of our new Lord of the Rings keyboards!
Building on the success of the MT3 Elvish and Dwarvish keycap sets launched last year, we wanted to create a complete, off-the-shelf LotR keyboard experience that lives up to the reputation and expectation set by the keycap set. I think OSHETART has accomplished just that, contributing artwork for both keyboards here (Two Trees of Valinor for the Elvish variant, Doors of Durin for the Dwarvish).
Please post any questions you may have below and I'll do my best to answer! :)
Isamyr
0
Oct 12, 2022
HoffmanMysterHi I'm just wondering if these are limited stock or if this is something I can come back and purchase in 2 years time?
HoffmanMyster
2966
Community
Oct 12, 2022
IsamyrAs with most items on our site, they are technically limited stock (and then a series of re-runs if it makes sense to keep stocking). Always a little hard to predict because of this, but I wouldn't be surprised if these in particular stick around for a while. :)
Temorin
0
Aug 17, 2022
To anyone wondering: yes, this is elvish writing, but it doesn't correspond to english letters at all. It seems they just slapped random elvish symbols on random letters and called it a day
fer.real
528
Keyboard Club Member
Aug 17, 2022
TemorinThat’s because it’s not an English layout.
If you get a keycap set that has Cyrillic or Hiragana/Katana legends do they correspond to the Latin characters at all?
(Edited)
Spacebarnavies
8
Aug 17, 2022
TemorinHiya, Temorin!
the designer of this keycap set (Matt3o) has a great article on how these caps can be used to write in Sindarin. They're laid out to make writing in Sindarin as natural as possible, so it doesn't line up with out Latin alphabet.
https://matt3o.com/how-to-write-in-sindarin-an-introduction/
D3X__07
4
Aug 17, 2022
Will the keyboard case ever be sold separately as I got the keycaps for my birthday in July and have been looking to make a new keyboard for them and really just want a project instead of a prebuilt and it’s difficult to find a matching case
SireNightFire
5
Aug 17, 2022
HoboxUnder specs it lists
- "Keycaps: Drop + The Lord of the Rings Elvish Keycap Set (Training Elvish Base Kit, with selections from Autumn in Rivendell Kit and added novelties)"
Hobox
4
Aug 17, 2022
Why oh why was it not communicated that this was a product being developed? I had two LOTR keycaps sets sitting for a while as I waited for the right keyboard to install them on. Well I finally bought two somewhat recently, yet had I known about this coming I would have waited and got two of these. But oh well, I guess that's two less sales for you. Perhaps next time more communication with customers of a clearly-related product will be considered.
jamesheath
0
Aug 18, 2022
HoboxAgreed. Very disapointing (and dare I say, potentially misleading) that the keycaps were launched individually before this keyboard bundle was announced. I get that maybe this was an idea of the back of the popularity of the caps, but if that's the case - this product SHOULD offer a keyboard only option for those of us who have already spent hundreds of dollars.
Bearili
0
Sep 2, 2022
So I dug deeper, and found this video explaining the keyboard.
(236) Use the Elven keycaps to write in Sindarin - YouTube
The Tengwar on the keyboard is apparently not meant to be associated with its adjacent Latin letter but rather placed on the keyboard where its necessary in order for the downloadable Tengwar font to work properly. The small Latin alphabets are of course printed where they should be on a regular keyboard BUT just as reference for those who need it and NOT placed there to be identified with the adjacent Tengwar.
For example: the Tengwar symbol placed in the "A" position is not actually meant to be an "A", its just placed there for convenience while writing with the Tengwar font and to have room for all Tengwar needed.
The numbers 1 - 0 are used for Tengwar symbols as well as Tengwar needs more room than Latin. The Sindarin numbers are then placed on the F1 - F12 keys above instead.
This makes sense now. but boy was that confusing and concerning (for us Elvish readers).
I approve this keyboard. (Though I would of done some things differently, but it definitely works.)
Ricky-Bobby
60
Nov 14, 2022
BeariliSo cool. I was going to ask if anyone can actually read these but it seems I underestimated folks.
BamitzSam
8
Dec 17, 2022
HI, I just wanna say I love this keyboard! I was wondering if you were ever coming out with a matching Number-pad base to match the keyboard? I want to buy the Keycaps for the number pad but i would like a matching green base if possible! Thanks!
Vintagejeans
6
Sep 10, 2022
Adding another comment/feedback for the keyboard-only option, as I spent $200 to buy the keycaps in July. Hoping they release this option! :)
doorsofdurin
0
Jan 9, 2023
are they VIA programmable? the keyboards work on my mac, but none of the mac shortcuts work and there doesn't seem to be a way to "turn on mac mode". it's very irritating that I can't use basic mac shortcuts with this board
HarvestDay
135
Jan 9, 2023
doorsofdurinIt's not a programmable board. You'd need to use an app like Karabiner Elements to do a software swap of the two keys on either side of the space bar, so Cmd and Opt are in the right place. (Opt corresponds to Alt on Windows, which is immediately next to the spacebar, instead of one key over like on the Mac.)
You can also go to System Settings and search for Modifier Keys to bring up the setting to swap the Cmd and Opt keys from within the OS, without using another app.
SireNightFire
5
Aug 17, 2022
Keigh21e3b0c442 replied under Q/A that it's a DROP ENTR chassis/board. Which means that it's soldered.
yasmind
0
Jan 25, 2023
Hi, I use the keyboard connected to a Macbook but was wondering how to increase or decrease the keyboard brightness underneath the keys or make any patterns. Is this possible with a mac ?
HoffmanMyster
2966
Community
Feb 2, 2023
yasmindYou can increase the LED brightness with Fn + Up Arrow, and decrease with FN + Down Arrow. Here's the full list of in-built shortcuts for reference. Note that there are no LED patterns and the LEDs are white only (no RGB).
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