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've got lots of great suggestions from everyone and an interest check round 2 will be posting soon.
Coming Up:
- Interest Check Round 2 Post
- Name Change Reveal
- Mailing List
- Visualization Renders
- Novelty Designs
- Updated Color Adjustments
- And Lots More...
Original post starts here:Hey everyone,
I have a new keycap set design concept for you all.
GMK Holographic
Inspired by the reflections of color on holographic material.
Collecting thoughts and suggestions from the community about the concept.
Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaK6CbEfMQmNEz9s6f5PcupLdPA8WhHh2BkzpoZBMEkxtqLQ/viewform
It would be cool to bring this concept to life. Thanks everyone.
-NP