Layout optimization best practices: sources of your personal corpus (part 2)
Welcome back to our series on designing custom keymaps! After looking into how good/bad QWERTY is, the power of layers, and the potential of custom keymaps, last time we took the first real step by examining your options for compiling a corpus. As a recap: The corpus is simply a big chunk of text. We use this collection of textual data, often a single text file, to characterize your typing habits (calculating various language statistics), and feed it directly or indirectly as an input into layout optimization algorithms – to find the optimal keymap for you! Today we’ll expand on this idea by exploring your options if, like me, you prefer a personalized corpus rather than grabbing some general (and mostly irrelevant) data available online. Image 1: Letter frequencies – the most basic use of corpora – in this very post We've seen that a well-crafted, personalized corpus plays a key role in determining the outcome of the optimization process. We've also explored...
Sep 4, 2024
It's Christos from the Planfab team again! I just wanted to give you a sneak-peek of our work.
This is our first prototype bronze keycap. At the moment we try to perfect the fit on the cherry mx switches.
It weighs 6-10 grams depending on the metal, this one is made out of bronze. We plan on making all short of keycap styles in a variety of finishes.
Precious metal keycaps have an incredible satisfaction when pressing it. The cold metal combined with the extra weight, offer a unique feel to the user.
Comments and feedback is welcome and appreciated.
If you wish to have a look at our Demon keycap while we work on new designs and materials, you can find it here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/574561792/demon-artisan-keycap-for-cherry-switches?ref=shop_home_feat_2
Cheers
The Planfab team