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
In the underground city of Ember, the population has flourished for years under the glimmering light of the all-powerful generator. However, once the generator starts to fail, things become chaotic fast.
Inspired by the 2008 film City of Ember, the MG Ember keycap set recreates the glory and heartbreak of the shadowed metropolis. Sculpted in the all-new MG profile (a high-profile offering similar to Topre’s hi-profile), the keycaps have a wide surface area and plenty of curve. Specs:
MG High-Profile
ABS doubleshot legends
Compatible with Cherry MX switches and clones
Dusk kit +lamp kit
Dusk kit +bee kit