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
Edit: this page also shows more colorways haha. https://www.keyforge.com/fsf
As I said before, my key came from Fulfillment, in a gold bag. It was free to me for having bought 3 fulfillment keys. As of the time of the original comment, there was only starfield in ALPS switch type. Yes, there are now more colorways, but they came later.. Several months later. I bought my fulfillment keys end of january or early feburary. Just clarifying, since you came off either snooty or as if I was lying.
In regards to joining the sale. I just try to join the Salt sale which actually was RNG and allowed for a few hours for people to enter to be picked to purchase a keycap, but in regards to the Friday sale, I am assuming it is first come first serve?
Yes, he will do custom keys at a premium price... But unless you have a desire to burn through your wallet, most people don't/won't pay 500+ for a single key. It's art. That is why the price goes crazy.
If you want the research, which is partly why I gave the name Keyforge in the original message, you can go to geekhack dot com. It is now owned or will be owned by massdrop anyways. It is a site dedicated to keyboards and keycap artisan makers. All the big names are there. They often have their stuff announced there before anywhere else. Unless it is a slack or discord sale only. Many/most of the artists also have their own instagram, but you can find those on their main thread on geekhack. Seriously. That is really all the research you need to know.
But Yeah.... I laid the groundwork for you in my original message, only for you to be snobbish about it. Not appreciated. But I am happy you took the information and found what you were looking for. Sometimes simply asking a direct question will get you better results instead of being cheeky. Take care and I can tell you only one last thing, you better be ready to burn a hole in your pocket.. Keyforge, Suited Up Keys, Nightcaps, Alpha Keys, GalaxKey, Booper, Prime Caps, Tinymakesthings and Gadzkun all make amazing keys and are super friendly. Just don't go asking for favors unless you have extra money to throw their way. =) Get in on the Nightcaps. Fugus, shellthulus, piccolo and menlos are elusive AF.