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
Aside from those quality control issues (I've had missing keycaps, broken switches and multiple LEDs with a dead red channel), the board is really good! I decided to go with Box White switches and I love them. I really like the keycaps too, so much in fact, that I hope for them to be sold separately, hopefully even with Dvorak kit, side print and/ or different symbols/ languages (Looking at you Aurebesh). I'm disappointed that it is so far off the initial renders, but it's not bad looking. I'm thinking of glueing the feet once I receive a non-broken board, as they're coming off every time the board is moved. If I'd have an issue- less board, I'd rate it 4.5 stars.
About to get my first replacement