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
It's been three months since the start of Massdrop Community Keycap Set Design Contest, what an incredible journey. Once again, thanks to everyone in the community who voted for me. And to all the contestants who participated as well, you guys all made some amazing designs!
As some of you might already know, I initially created 2077 as a theme in a third-party iOS keyboard call Themeboard. https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/disp/9c7ae725303683.56343b9a39cd9.gif
https://www.behance.net/gallery/25303683/2077-(Themeboard-App) When I saw the Massdrop Keycap Set Design contest, almost immediately, I thought of recreating 2077 for the physical keyboard.
The entire idea of the keyboard was inspired by science fiction-themed user interfaces from films like Iron Man, Prometheus, and Guardians of the Galaxy. As a user interface designer, I challenged myself in creating the icons that are abstract but yet still being able to relate. While some I felt it is better to remain as text, giving it a balance to the entire keyboard.
The reason behind the changes from GMK to DSA was due to higher production cost. To bring the cost down to a more affordable price for everyone, we went ahead with DSA. Partially we heard that there were a few of you requested for DSA!
Lastly, big thanks to the Massdrop team who helped me out every step of the way in developing this Keycap set.
Do feel free to ask me any question, I will be sure to answer any of them with the knowledge I have so far.
I hope you enjoy this set as much as I do. :)
With those keys you'll be able to perfectly cover a Planck or Preonic keyboard from OLKB.com
Here is an example of 40's kit (from XDA Godspeed):
For the XDA Godspeed group buy: www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-mito-xda-godspeed-custom-keycap-set
And here is the Preonic group buy (the larger ortholinear from OLKB): www.massdrop.com/buy/preonic-mechanical-keyboard
@atari.zero.tv @Padna @zzzaacchh @SERO and anyone else, any comments?