DCX vs DCD vs DCL - Drop’s Keycap Profiles Explained
We’ve covered the basics of keycap profiles before—spherical/cylindrical, sculpted/uniform, etc. One thing that has come up more and more over the years as we’ve expanded our portfolio of offerings here at Drop is the distinction between some of our similar profiles. Specifically, what is the actual difference between DCX, DCD, and DCL? Cylindrical Profiles To recap the previous article on the topic, one of the most basic ways to separate various keycap profiles is by shape (cylindrical, spherical, or flat). DCX, DCD, and DCL are all cylindrical profiles. The most famous cylindrical profile is Cherry profile, as defined by the original manufacturer of the keycaps—Cherry. GMK now owns those tools, and as such, only they can technically claim to produce “Cherry” profile keycaps. Similar keycap profiles are often called Cherry profile colloquially, but are in actuality slightly different. For the sake of not splitting hairs, all of the cylindrical profiles discussed here are...
Apr 9, 2024
EDIT: About the ISO (Nordic) layout: it is terrible layout, you can almost not find any good lookin ISO/Nordic keycaps sets, you can use a ISO/UK set on a ISO/Nordic k - board but you don't get this 3 swedish letters Ö, Ä and Å in the ISO/UK keycaps sets. I have the Jukebox SA in ANSI and in ISO/Nordic layouts + some Ducky 109 ISO/Nordic keycaps sets, the rest of my keycaps sets are ANSI.
Ducky One RGB YOTG with Tai - Hao Miami (104) set.
Old bad picture of my ANSI Ducky One RGB YOTG with Jukebox SA and on my ISO/Nordic Ducky Shine 3.