Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
1 - If you like corner legends visuals you should select Alphas + TEXT Modifiers;
2- If you like center legends visuals you should select Betas + ICON Modifiers;
The Alphas kit will be manufactured with the custom typeface inspired by Univers, Mongoose, Kizo, etc.
The Betas kit will be manufactured with the standard XDA dye-sub font.
This is a Betas kit mockup I've put together for representation only, alignment, scale, etc. was not a thing.
Some compromises will have to be made, I can't possibly please everyone and make center text modifiers (or corner icon modifiers) as well because it would triplicate the size of this group buy. I' trying to balance things even as much as I can to make you happy without running away from the initial idea. I added a disclaimer to the bottom of the Betas kit so you can clearly see that it's designed for the ICONS modifiers. The alphas kit we currently have on the drop page is meant to be used with TEXT modifiers.
Are we going in the right direction, with this new option?
This is what the numpad kit looks like now:
Oh and on the subject of XDA, I wonder how they cope with per key LED lighting - they seem thick enough to be completely opaque but that's usually not the case, I think I just need to ditch key LEDs and go exclusively with either none or just underglow at this point.
Center aligned is extremely common, so no point repeating it constantly. Besides every other profile has it which includes all the SA and DSA range made by SP.
This design by MiTo uses all lower case which is far more appropriate since most people communicate online and in reports, with lower case lettering and never with all Upper case lettering (unless you're shouting and screaming at some one).
I've never seen left aligned, lower case lettering before, is what I meant to say ; )