What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
May 21st Update: While things are ready to ship, we've received our "gold sample" and it it not as "gold" as we want. There's quality issues that T0mb3ry and we are not happy with, so Signature Plastics is now working to remake a handful of keycaps, and then they'll ship everything to us. (Whenever this happens people always ask, why is the QC problem being found AFTER all they keycaps are made; and the answer is: that's how Signature Plastics does things...)
Here's a photo of our set, specifically the stroke-width of the " and ~ are wider than the tolerance that we'd be happy with, so they're getting redone to be slightly thinner. There's a handful of other small things we've noted. We could just "ship it", but to us we want to make sure we get it right. Newest estimate on the keycaps being redone and shipped to us is 2 weeks, so around 6/4. Will provide more info closer to that date.
6/3 Update: Keycaps are on a truck and headed to our warehouse, estimated delivery date is June 8th, and then it'll take us a few days to unpack, sort, repack, and ship it all out. Most likely you'll get a tracking number by the end of next week (hopefully sooner). Will provide another update once it arrives at our warehouse (note that 6/8 is the estimated date - plenty of things could cause that date to shift). 6/10 Update: These are now shipping, some have already gone out, and the rest should go out tomorrow or Friday! 6/16 Update: Retiring this thread since this is fully shipped. Extras on sale in the coming days!