Drop MT3 Solarized Keycap Set

Charting a path across the desktop daytime sky, Ethan Schoonover’s iconic Solarized IDE theme rose to Mech Keys popularity here on Drop with its very own DCX Solarized Keycap Set. Now, it’s reaching its midday apex with our retro MT3 profile. Meet MT3 Solarized: a set of old-school-inspired keycaps with a sun-and-shade aesthetic that’s nothing if not optimal. Calibrated perfectly with its software-based namesake, Solarized sports the original coding theme’s light mode on its alpha keys and dark mode on its modifiers. As for the legends? Those match too, creating the theme’s easy-on-the-eyes contrast for maximal legibility. On the typing side of things, MT3 Solarized delivers a scooped, sculpted, and ultra-satisfying feel, courtesy of our exclusive MT3 profile. It’s a typing experience that’s both retro and modern, with a shape inspired by the iconic beamspring terminals of the 1970s, spaced and sculpted for today’s boards. Feel the midday sun—and match your favorite coding theme—with MT3 Solarized.

Our first-ever exclusive profile, MT3 is a reimagining of retro typing experience—with a look and feel that’s made for the modern user. Designed in collaboration with Matt3o, it’s based on the original beamspring terminals from the 1970s and heavily sculpted: meaning the contour from row to row forms a concave shape, designed to minimize finger travel. Each MT3 keycap also sports a scooped top: a nod back to beamspring terminals, with a slightly refined shape to better fit today’s boards. Made from durable ABS with doubleshot legends, keycaps in the MT3 Solarized Keycap Set are built to last many trips around the sun.