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
Regarding the packaging, your own box was in perfect condition @muni_chang but MD's was very oversized (although well cushioned with airbags etc) and therefore damaged - meaning the scuffs on mine at least probably have very little to do with how you handled your side of things.
All in all, very happy with how it looks and it is as good of an idea in practice as I envisioned it to be in theory. Looking forward to another drop to come so that I can snatch a few more. Few horrendously old phone pictures to follow,
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/hana-dsa-custom-keycap-set
It's DSA Hana. It's ABS, not PBT, but they're quite textured unlike their SA caps and GMK etc. The sets pictured are base (TKL) and (some) novelties as well as a Navacaps Taka artisan in the ESC slot.
They do look lovely do they not, I've been trying to get my hands on keyboard with a white case but that hasn't happened yet so I'm happy to have found a place for them temporarily.
PMK was meant to stock it some time soon but they've been busy (with their MASSIVE SA queue) so they haven't yet - they might at some point so do keep an eye out! Not a very expensive set either, I paid like $120 for base + novelties shipped.