类型: IC
作者: fireworm
发布时间: 2019-05-06 16:36:47
更新时间:
2020-06-02 23:08:10
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=100560.0
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Prices:
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TL;DR:
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**
NovelKeys MyKeyboard.EU
en.zFrontier zFrontier dailyclack.com deskhero.ca Alphas -
Normal $35 $39 $35 $212 $53 $52 Alphas - St Croce $35 $39
$35 $212 $53 $52 Mods - TKL $45 $50 $45 $275 $68 $67 Mods -
TKL Compat $22 $25 $22 $135 $33 $33 Mods - Ergo Blanks $35
$39 $35 $212 $53 $52 Mods - Ortho 40s $38 $42 $38 $230 $57
$56 Novelty - Poetry $22 $25 $22 $135 $33 $33 Novelty - Ire
Poetry $22 $25 $22 $135 $33 $33 Novelty - Ire Accent $14 $16
$14 $85 $21 $21 Misc - Alt Frow $15 $17 $15 $92 $23 $23 Misc
- Blanks(Alpha color) $15 $17 $15 $92 $23 $23 Misc -
Blanks(MOD color） $15 $17 $15 $92 $23 $23 Misc - Colverak
Compat $14 $16 $14 $85 $21 $21 Misc - Numpad $25 $28 $25
$152 $38 $37 Misc - Spacebars $18 $21 $18 $109 $27 $27 Misc
- Split Space $15 $17 $15 $92 $23 $23 Misc - UK ISO $14 $16
$14 $85 $21 $21
Story:
I noticed
dark low contrast sets like Ninja, and Black-on-Black, and
said, ‘Hey, there’s no low contrast white set to put on my
Polycarb keyboard!’ Then I thought to myself ‘What’s low
contrast and white? … A Ghost’, and so the set was born.
Novelties:
For novelties, I wanted to do ‘word poetry’, where
there are bunch of words that you can replace your alphas
with and create little messages / poems. I see them as
messages from the ‘Ghost’ in your keyboard. This is the
reason I went for a flat profile (so you can put the words
anywhere).
There are two sets, with mostly the same
words: Ire Poetry, and Poetry. Ire Poetry uses a grisly font
and blood red color for a more horror movie ghost. Poetry
uses the normal font, but a bit darker, and a few less
aggressive words.
Font:
In
addition to Normal Alphas, St Croce Alphas offer a unique,
stylized font. I chose this font because it gives you an
optical illusion that letters are formed correctly, when in
fact, they have the thin parts entirely missing. The way the
characters are both ‘there’ and ‘not there’ fits the Ghost
theme. The font itself is based on a worn away Roman font
found in an old Franciscan church. Very fitting for a
Ghost.
Profile: KAM
I set this up with
no particular profile in mind (you can see discussion
below). I have settled on KAM after I figured out novelties,
kits, and just the overall price. The novelties (above) are
best done with a flat profile, as you can move them around
anywhere on the alpha block. If we had any sculpted profile,
this would not be possible, as the amount of keys needed to
make sentences on any row would be … um, difficult.
Colors:
Alpha Base: White / WS2
Alpha Legends: CMYK 2 0
0 15
Mod Base: Pantone 427u
Mod Legends: CMYK 3 3
0 27
Renders:
Jane
Featuring St Croce Alphas and
Accents:
910:
Featuring Alphas,
Poetry, and Ire Accent
RAMA M60-A:
Featuring Alphas and
Ire Poetry.
Kit details:
Alphas lose the spacebar; which is moved into the TKL
kit
TKL is now split between two kits, one to physically
cover the common 6.25u and 7u layouts (wkl, hhkb, 65), and
another set of compat for weird layouts / correct
legends.
Additional Kits:
Well,
inspiration struck during all this time…
- I really liked this font, but the mod kits were just too busy, so offering it by itself seems like a good compromise.
-
I think they are something custom molds just wouldn’t be
able to offer, and work pretty well with the simpler mods
(like a title / body in a magazine).
- Red plus another cool font
- Note these are Alpha base color (white), not Modifier color.
-
Yes, another Poetry kit, but I chose more aggressive / emo
/ metal words for a few.
-
More traditional accents, for those who don’t care to
write poetry.
- Mainly helping out compat on those weird layouts (atreus, etc.)
- Or just those folks who want blank KAM ortho layouts…?
-
Also, you can use these to make your own novelties, if you
feel so inclined!
- Oh, Jane 2 CE, you know you need that F13
- UK ISO, yep. No St Croce version though. Sorry.
-
Colverak gets a stepped backspace, and homing keys in both
alpha fonts.
Other Kits:
[Ergo Blanks]
- Confirmed gonna keep; waiting on some more renders.
- KAM means we are likely to actually make these!
Collaborations:
I have not lined
anything up.