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
Hi all! Here is my proposed keyset, pulling influence from my current setup in the office (DSA Granite), and the polar opposite DSA Dolch. This design combines the two together, with a glint of colour to give a little flare. In my mind, the overall look reminds me of a cluster of bright minerals embedded into rock, tying in well with the name. It calls back to classic keyboard styling, while also staying quite modern. If I could design a single dark keyset, this would be it.
Also I focused mainly on the colour scheme when putting this design together, so please ignore the mismatched legend sizing!