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
Due to the continued delays and lack of a concrete date from our vendor, we are sorry to inform you that we have made the difficult decision to cancel the drop. All orders will be canceled and refunds applied to your payment method.
Before every drop goes live, per our standard checklist of precautions, we always ensure that our vendor has the adequate resources, capacity, and materials to produce the order for the group. However, due to multiple unexpected snags from our vendor’s 3D printer we are unable to complete this drop.
We would like to thank you for all your patience and understanding of this unfortunate situation. If you have any questions, please visit our Help Center (https://massdrop.com/helpcenter).
XX7, sorry things went south for you. Hope your vending days aren't over. You have a cool aesthetic and neat ideas. here's hoping the production side catches up. Cheers.