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Snookerman
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Dec 17, 2014
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How well do these work backlit? I'm thinking of buying a set for a CODE tkl.
Dec 17, 2014
hearf
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Dec 17, 2014
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SnookermanYou'll see the backlight from behind the caps, but not through (legends won't be lit). I would guess that you'd see the backlighting of the white backplate of the CODE keyboard between the caps. I'd say if you're looking for caps that work with backlit keyboards, I'd go with the other drop here -> https://www.massdrop.com/buy/vortex-backlit-doubleshot-pbt-keycaps
The pictures that they have for this drop are actually on the full size CODE keyboard.
Dec 17, 2014
Snookerman
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Dec 18, 2014
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hearfI'm actually trying to decide between the two, but I'm actually leaning towards this non-backlit version. I think the backlit version is a bit sloppily designed:
The "Control" legend is too long for the whole word to be lit up; they should have used "Ctrl" to match with "Win", "Alt" and "Fn".
The keys with two legends only light up the upper legend (unless you have two leds on each switch). The original CODE keys solve that problem nicely by putting the two legends next to each other.
The tenkey plus and return keys have their legends vertically centered so they aren't backlit at all. I don't think there is any keyboard that could light them up so it makes no sense to put them there.
If they solve these things, I would buy them directly, but for now, I might go for backlighting around the caps only.
Dec 18, 2014
don.fouts
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Aug 14, 2015
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hearfWhat other backlit options are there? is there a place that will make custom sets?
Aug 14, 2015
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