【IC】KAT Monochrome - GB September 1st! - Update： Prices!

June 5, 2020 IC, 键帽, 键设局 Kat 本文总阅读量次

类型: IC
作者: JSaintS
发布时间: 2020-06-05 14:27:42
更新时间: 2020-09-01 03:29:03
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106802.0

S7-Elephant - Kits: Alpha | Icon Modifiers | Novelties
GB Thread is open!
Manners maketh man!
I have teased this a couple of weeks/months ago on some discord, and here it is! This was supposed to go live at the same time than KAT HFO, but I wanted to wait on the feedback I got from there to finish the kits.
Google Form for Feedback
KAT
All of you should be more or less familiar now with this profile, but for those that are not, here are a couple of things you can check/read:
※ ↠ English link with some images ↞
※ ↠ Chinese link with some more images ↞
If you don’t want to go and read, know this: it’s higher than GMK, looks like SA whilst being shorter than SA (so, all the pros without the cons)
Schematics comparing it to SA and GMK:
※ Schematics comparing it to SA and GMK: ↠

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※ Picture comparing it to SA: ↠

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AKI-S - Kits: Alpha | Icon Modifiers | FR kit
Colors
Before you guys check the kits, I wanted to mention the colors Ill 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) and Ill keep you guys updated as samples come in.
In the meantime:

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WS2 samples

Black samples - disclaimer: these were not made for me but for another set. I have asked samples matching RAL 000 15 00 but still wanted to share this picture to show the difference with GMKs CR - as I said before, Im aiming for the darkest black I can achieve.
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:
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Numpad

Novelties:
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Novelties

J-02 - Kits: Alpha | Text Modifiers | Novelties
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
/* GSK
/* Archetype
/* BadHabbit
/* Fraktal
/* Latrialum
/* Lividity
/* TRMK
Deskpad

Vendors
Here is where you want to go depending on your region:
※ for Europe, MyKeyboard.eu;
※ for UK, ProtoTypist;
※ for the States, TX Keyboards;
※ for Canada, ApexKeyboards;
※ for China, the rest of Asia and OCE, zFrontier.

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

FAQ
/* What white will this be?
WS2 - the exact same as I used for GMK Monochrome. I’ve asked for samples and you can check them in the “colors” section above.
/* Why should I buy Monochrome and not another of the BoW/WoB sets?
As I said, I plan on using a WS2 white and use the darkest black available. I will use the updated modifiers icons I used for Hyperfuse and plan on supporting as many layouts/languages as possible. Also, there is a moustache novelty, what else do you need?
/* I see you also offer WoB kits, why do it when there already is KAT WOB?
So, long story short, when designing the kits and discussing it with people, I got asked to offer a way to have a full WoB/BoW keyboard. Due to how KAT’s MOQ works and the fact that I already had the kits “layout”, this didn’t take much time and I figured why not. I talked about this with OCM and he is 100% on board with me doing this, this is also why I have decided to only offer support for the standard layout, nothing in the lines of 40%, ergo, colvevrak, etc. If you guys want that, I will kindly redirect you to OCM’s KAT WOB. I would not have done this without his approval and I thank him for accepting!
Forget what I said, given that OCM cancelled WoB, I went and made kits to offer full WoB and BoW compatibility. That means I have… 46 kits, aouch :s Hope you guys like it!
/* 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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