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
- Create a cylindrical profile keycap to widen our keycap offerings
- Meet or exceed the industry-leading legend tolerances of MT3 keycaps
- Make premium weighted keycaps to ensure durability, longevity, and desirable acoustics
- Provide a finished product that is free from exterior blemishes and imperfections
- Apply meticulous design to every single keycap
- Accommodate proprietary blends of high-quality resins
- Be able to produce the keycaps efficiently at scale
- Offer Mac system compatibility
We’re now weeks away from shipping our first production keycaps and we’re so excited to tell you all about them. Say hello to Drop DCX.