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
That said, it is in much better condition than others here and I would like to salvage it. If my suspicion is correct, this is unfinished (unsealed) black walnut which is very porous, which explains why the wood is warping for so many people and the marble tops are cracking because of this. I put it back in the box and plan to seal it ASAP before it starts warping and cracking the marble top. If I'm successful and the sealer prevents warping successfully I will document my work for others that may wish to do the same.
If anyone can collaborate with me it would be of great help not only to myself but the MD community as well. I really like this rest and something as simple as sealing the wood could save so many of these gorgeous rests.
Edit: I bought a second one of these second hand and the adhesive from the rubber lifted some of the stain so I can confirm that these are unsealed. I will definitely be sealing my original purchase before putting the feet on.
Whether or not the polyacrylic will be enough to "seal" the wood to prevent the warping, shrinking, etc problems I do not know. My guess is no. Maybe if the entire wood piece were finished prior to adhering to the marble it might work.