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【GB】KAT Monochrome

类型: GB
作者: JSaintS
发布时间: 2020-08-31 14:35:50
更新时间: 2020-10-23 01:42:08
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=108409.0




Manners maketh man!
Vendors
The GB will be live from September 1st to October 1st ( EoD local) - Current lead time is around 7 months which should put us in Q2 2021. Here is where you want to go depending on your region:
Final numbers:


۞ for Europe, MyKeyboard.eu;
۞ for UK, ProtoTypist (early morning GMT);
۞ for the States, TX Keyboards;
۞ for Canada, ApexKeyboards: Keyset | Deskmat | Salvun (9.00 am EST);
۞ for China, the rest of Asia and OCE, zFrontier.
Pricing
Quick word on kitting: Yes, there is no way around it, there are a lot of kits, but:
۞ don’t let sheer number of kits discourage you, there are basically 14 different kits (40s, Alphas, Colevrak, Ergo, French, ISO, Mac, Modifiers, North, Novelties, Numpad, Ortho, South and Spacebars), if you want a better visual representation of those kits, you can head over to Geekhack; and
۞ alpha + modifiers is enough to cover any standard layout from 60% to TKL, including 65% and 75% (which costs €90 (EU) | £79 (UK) | $87 (NA) | $118 (CA) | $85 (Asia)).


AKI-S - Kits: Alpha | Icon Modifiers | FR kit
Kits
Alphas:
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Alphas






ISO


North


South


French kit


Colevrak

Modifiers:
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Modifiers



Mac

40s



Ortho



Ergo

Spacebars

Numpad:
More

Numpad


Novelties:
More

Novelties


J-02 - Kits: Alpha | Text Modifiers | Novelties
Deskpad


KBD19X - Kits: WoB Alphas | WoB Icon Modifiers | WoB Novelties | WoB Numpad
Salvun


Artisans
I’m currently checking with artisans and will confirm them as they come. These will NOT be exclusive to GB participants so every monochrome lover out there can get a shot at these! If you have anyone specific in mind, let me know :)
۞ Alpha
۞ Unbranded.Caps
۞ GSK
۞ Archetype
۞ BadHabbit
۞ Fraktal
۞ Latrialum
۞ Lividity
۞ TRMK

Monochrome Salvador by Alpha

Monochrome Sleepy by Unbranded.Caps
FAQ
**/* What colors will you be using?*Before you guys check the kits, I wanted to mention the colors I’ll be using here:
White: WS2
Black: RAL 000 15 00
Why not CR just like GMK Monochrome was? Simply because I got informed that it was impossible. I will aim for the darkest black possible (and I do think RAL 000 15 00 is quite nice).
/ Why should I buy Monochrome and not Refined?

Refined is a really good set, I’ve said it countless times and will say it again because it’s true. That said, Monochrome and Refined have differences worth noting:
۞ Different whites (WS2)
۞ Difference in kitting:
※ Wider compatibility in Monochrome’s modifiers kit
※ Icon Ergo kit
※ Stand alone ISO UK, North, South
۞ Wider choices in Alphas
۞ Different font (which I feel is the bigger differentiating point - GMK vs KAT font)
۞ Different icons (which ties up to the resemblance (or lack thereof) to GMK)
As a lot of things in our hobby, it’s all a matter of preference and whether you pick this or Refined next month, you are making a wise choice :)
**/* Where can I get the icons you used?
**Ping me, I’ll send you the updated ones used for KAT HFO, Monochrome and Iron :)
Thanks
OCM for his help with the original icons, the hiragana alphas and allowing me to run the WoB variant;
Konstantin for this help with the icons, the arabic, cyrillic, zhuyin and hangul font and for discussing kit updates with me;
FatBoyCarney for helping me and listening to me rambling all the time;
Manzel for the awesome renders; and
All the vendors that accepted to run this keyset despite the huge amount of kits.
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Renders Gallery

Iron165 - Kits: Cyrillic WoB Alphas | WoB Text Modifiers

AKI-S - Kits: Alpha | Icon Modifiers | FR kit

Conone - BoW Zhuyin Alphas | BoW Text Monochrome Modifiers | BoW ISO

Alpine65 - WoB Hiragana Alpha | WoB Icon Modifiers | WoB novelties

J-02 - Kits: Alpha | Text Modifiers | Novelties

S7-Elephant - Kits: Alpha | Icon Modifiers | Novelties

KBD19X - Kits: WoB Alphas | WoB Icon Modifiers | WoB Novelties | WoB Numpad

Bear60 - BoW Arabic Alpha | BoW Icon Modifiers

Neuron - BoW Alpha | Text Monochrome 40s | WoB Novelties

Austin - BoW Hangul Alpha | Text Monochrome Modifiers | Monochrome Numpad | WoB Novelties

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