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
They are my favorite caps. I have the white and mint side-print versions, and I have been expecting these for a long time. They are not the thickest things in the world, but they have the best texture in my opinion. Larger granules instead of small like Vortex. They also have the most satisfying sound of any caps I have tried. The profile is close to Cherry, which means they feel even more solid and stable. Something about these keycaps feel different than any other set I have tried, they feel somehow, more dense than other caps. Like the plastic is more tightly compacted in molding, it is a very good thing.
For the money, I think these are the best caps on the market (I picked up my white set for $28 on /r/mechmarket).
My only issue with this drop is that you can buy these right now for only about a dollar more and have them shipped to you in a week and not have to wait a month and a half. For anyone interested in that (or interested in pressuring MD to work the price down a bit) they are available here: https://www.mechanicalkeyboards.co.id/products/detail/varmilo-black-on-black-pbt-dye-sublimated-keycap-set
Edit: the ones in the link also do not have the VA/VB87m media control side print.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/41dh9d/buying_varmilo_black_on_black_pbt_dye_sublimated/cz1smc3