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
We’re excited to announce the Massdrop x Glimy DSA 2077 Custom Keycap Set has arrived at the warehouse, and the team is wrapping up quality control checks.
We’re on track to meet our estimated ship date, and we’re looking forward to you receiving the result of our community keycap design contest!
I've also included a few shots from the QC set I've received. Please excuse the spacebar color - the CM TK keyboard uses a 6.5U spacebar which wasn't offered in the drop and I had to make do. I have to say, this set turned out really unique and I love the way it looks - great work @Glimy!