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
What is it? DSA Scientific is a group buy of keycaps featuring themes inspired by TI calculators. Who is it for? If you like the colours, then it's for you! This keyset is aimed at common layouts from full-size down to 40%. The design Various design choices have been made to capture the essence of TI scientific calculators and provide the best typing experience:
The DSA profile
Signature Plastics DSA family: "medium profile, spherical top and non-sculptured"
Kits
Alphas
Tenkeyless + Specialty
Orthogonal + 40%
Numpad
Novelties
ISO
NorDe
Colevrak
Renders
Specs
Links
- Vendor: https://yakk.shop/product-category/dsa-scientific/
- Samples: https://imgur.com/a/gQuWYEH
- Geekhack GB: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=92780.0
- Massdrop poll: https://www.massdrop.com/vote/DSA-Scientific?mode=guest_open
Thanks for listening!