Hi everyone,
Checking back in with an updated on the Massdrop x Matt3o /dev/tty MT3 Custom Keycap Set. The keycaps have now arrived at our warehouse and are being packed and prepared for shipment. We estimate that they’ll ship by the end of next week (week of September 3rd).
Thank you so much for your patience in spite of the delays. We look forward to you receiving your keycap set soon.
JaleesaGI would certainly hope changes were made since everyone complained about the last run. I'll throw this out from Matt3o's blog. It indicates some improvements overall:
taken from: https://matt3o.com/dev-tty-round-2-harder-better-faster-sharper/
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Long time I haven’t posted an update about the second round of /dev/tty. As you all well know I wasn’t very happy with the dye-sub quality of the first drop and –honestly– how Massdrop handled the whole development phase.
Fortunately this time things are moving smoother. I’m getting prototypes at a constant pace and the first impression is very good.
First of all, legends look sharper. The dye-sub job –at least on my prototypes– is top notch. From the pictures below you can see on the left Round 2 on the right the old legends. You’ll notice less color bleeding and very fine edges; distance between letters is the same but characters are more readable.
Legend centering is also better or at least between specifics. Please bear in mind that it’s extremely tedious to dye-sub small concave surfaces and I think this time around they did a really good job.
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TLDR: better dyesub job, better centering of legends. R1 was a bit fuzzy, kinda thick font, and it had a lot of crooked legends from what I remember. Matt3o believes those issues have been addressed at least in part according to the samples he received back in July.
JaleesaGHoliday week? I like your optimism. My shipping label had been in limbo for a week (this is true, not sarcasm) , can't wait to see it magically materialize. Really looking forward to it, even with the blatantly inaccurate disclosure. Massdrop is flawed, but the goods are cool.
Pandemos@JaleesaG wrote "We estimate that they’ll ship by the end of next week (week of September 3rd)." I think Tuesday 9/3 was the start of "next week", the end being approximately 9/7. So it's a bit early to call this a blatantly inaccurate disclosure.
dvorcolI'm talking about the original ETA. In case you forgot, it was over a month ago. This set is already quite a bit late. Still looking forward to it, though.
Also 9/3 (Yesterday) was a Monday and a holiday. Shipping in the US is pretty much shut down for that weekend through Mon and takes a few days to catch up and backlogged work. Again, it'll happen, but there'll be some delay.
Pandemoshi all, just a little bit of hope. i got a shipping notice last week and thought it was premature, but received my Elven set today (tuesday 9/4). already have them on my red scarf. had to repurpose a few keys for the rightmost column (to match the correct row profiles)--good thing i cant read elvish so i don't know the legends are wrong.
the profile is interesting, the board is comfortable but i just got it so still getting used to different switches.
mxgzeldaThe wonderful thing about Tengwar (http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tengwar.htm) is that there are a lot of characters that don't have a single-letter equivalent, so there should be plenty of ability to mix things around! I cannot wait for this set. I'm so glad I got in on it, even if my wallet and wife aren't! lol
JaleesaGIf we don't get a shipment notification this week it's not that our order got lost right? I can imagine a couple people stuck in a dark room trying to sort through all the orders one by one might take some time...
mxgzeldaGot mine today, and they're going on an 87-key TKL. Unfortunately, the K legend is upside down, and the L key was completely missing. I did get a duplicate J key, though, so that's in the L position for now.
The clarity and centering of the legends are really good though! If only I didn't have these two minor but major issues 😅