Double shot replacements ROUND TWO!

[Fwiffo]

I am not familiar with international layouts, so if somebody has a suggestion on how to make the international booster pack more functional, I'm all ears.

I think the terminal color scheme is clever, but bright green legends on a dark green background might look even more authentic than green on black.

[woody]

How about grey keys with black labels, for a change. :rofl:

[muchadoaboutnothing]

Brown keys
yellow lettering

Actually, alternate between the two colors every other key, like a checkerboard

[panda-R]

I"M SO IN! My filcos are getting shiny after 4 months of use.

[guilleguillaume]

If somebody wants a very bright colour scheme combination you always can think in Green Keys like on this Topre or maybe Yellow too:


Lavender like the Filco set or Red are too common I think. Anyway what about Blue and not Lavender or we just can think about Bright Pink LOL

here i saw some nice ideas for colours: http://www.synctronics.com/case_studies.html

PD: I'm new at GEEKHACK and since I started reading here I'm only thinking on getting new keycaps and keyboards -.- (Where can ? say welcome to all? Is there an exclusive thread or something like that?)

[Fwiffo]

I would like a color combination that goes well with black, since most of the keyboards these are going on will have black bezels still.

[Twitchy]

I am not familiar with international layouts, so if somebody has a suggestion on how to make the international booster pack more functional, I'm all ears.

Hmmm, 6 standard keys, smaller shift key, and a large enter key. That's just the UK, an international booster set with legends could get quite large.

I read this in the first run's thread:

Back in march the Signature Plastics prices for single keys (note that the definition of a single key is any key outside of the standard 104 key set that we are ordering), were as following:

50 keys        $ 2.43 / each
100 keys        $ 1.41 / each

For legends they do not have you have to pay an additional $20 tooling setup. There is no possibility to order less than 50 keys. Keep in mind, this is PER key and PER legend.

So to even get a SINGLE french key you would already be paying $141.50, for the lowest order of 50 keys. Now multiply this times the number of keys that change in the French layout.

Yeah, unless you find a bunch of fifty desperate frenchmen, I agree that this will stay a dream.

If this is still the case I can see why blank keys were chosen. I however can't justify shelling out for what would be an incomplete set, so unless there's "a bunch of fifty desperate" englishmen...

[JBert]

I'm not really interested in yet another qwerty set, but an option for Colemak keys would be a selling point for me (i.e. nubby keys for T and N, correctly profiled keys for all swapped characters).

Don't know how many others would be interested though...

[7bit]

I would love a set that are black with green letters in a monospace font. Just like all the old green screen terminals.  Although I would be willing to give up the font, black keys with green letters would be really cool.

I would also love to replace my windows key with something a bit more interesting as I use both Mac and linux machines.

That green monster would make a good win-key replacement.

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I would love to get some keys that were special colors for vim home row keys as well.
hjkl -> green with black letters and the rest black with green letters.

This scheme would fit me much better than this WASD-nonsense. Would be more UNIX-like.

OK, it's settled:
Green on black with green-monster modifier keys for the bottom row.

I'm in for 2 sets :-)

[Tavisto]

I would buy at least 2 sets.

[theferenc]

That green monster would make a good win-key replacement.




This scheme would fit me much better than this WASD-nonsense. Would be more UNIX-like.

OK, it's settled:
Green on black with green-monster modifier keys for the bottom row.

I'm in for 2 sets :-)

I would order this set just IN CASE I ever decide to order a cherry compatible board. And it's green on black, except the VIM keys, which are black on green, yes?

[Fwiffo]

An otaku with just a trollface for the Esc key would be epic.

Actually, I'm becoming more and more enamored with this idea. Would there be interest in running a batch of Trollface Esc keys as its own project?

[ShadowMerc]

Color scheme:
For main keys -- Yellow with Black lettering
For Control keys -- Black with Yellow lettering

You could use the smileyface for the Windows character, and the radioactive symbol for the escape key.

Note:  I just recently bought the Rosewill RK9000, which is much nicer than the ABS M1 ever was.

[2084]

Since I missed the first set, call me in for a complete 104 key set.

[squarebox]

In for 104 set with multiple alternative boosters

Booster suggestions:
- Coloured Ctrl, Shift, Alt
- Alternative coloured WASD
- Alternative coloured arrow keys
- Inverse colour or different coloured F and J (typist)
- Stepped Caplocks
- Alternative coloured Num, Caps, Scroll lock

[shakudan]

I would like in for the 104 keyset as well.  Maybe some gamer booster pack too.

[ironman31]

I think I'm going to save my money for a full set of click clack's Topre keys

[squarebox]

Let's just say you'd be able to buy quite a few Signature sets for one full ClickClack set.

Ouch!!!

[chongyixiong]

I second the Colemak set but I would just be as happy for a standard Filco set - just like last time.

How was it possible that I missed the last one.. the Dolch colour scheme and the bigass centered typewrinter font is so pretty - for me.

Definitely in for one, whichever way it goes.. no pink, green, purple or yellow is my only request.

[Kairxa]

Color scheme:



Black modifiers will be cool.

AND a (or two) doubleshot windows key. Like [strike]skcheng's[/strike]Ripster's.


Is it skcheng's or ripster's? I saw it in the anti-otaku mod. It's ripster's huh?

Or blanks.

I definitely in for this one.

[Doober]

I second the Colemak set but I would just be as happy for a standard Filco set - just like last time.

How was it possible that I missed the last one.. the Dolch colour scheme and the bigass centered typewrinter font is so pretty - for me.

Definitely in for one, whichever way it goes.. no pink, green, purple or yellow is my only request.

Im a little confused with this at this stage, but basically when it gets down to brass tax of taking the pre-orders i will be down for probably anything in the Filco Layout. I will be ordering a Filco Brown Tenkeyless if Elite ever gets the damn things back in stock.


-doober

[Hak Foo]

would be great to have some additional keys for the current set in the same color scheme.


OK, go ahead!


Italic sucks for keyboard-labeling. It makes the whole thing asymmetric.

Symmetry is perfection!

(insert the image of Death the Kid from Soul Eater I can't find now)

I'd like to see more use of the key edges.  Why does only PrintScreen and Pause get the love here?

I could see:

Indicators of international mappings (for AltGr users)
Hangul, Katakana, or Bopomofo

Not interested in a set-- one $50 plus set per year is my budget limit-- but how about, instead of Cherry, go for fits-on-two-piece-IBM stems?

[Hak Foo]

Blood red keycaps for the alphabetic keys?

BTDT.

What's cool is two-tone red-- my poor work board has been so dyed-- gets lots of attention.

[Sam]

Not interested in a set-- one $50 plus set per year is my budget limit-- but how about, instead of Cherry, go for fits-on-two-piece-IBM stems?

Agree.  I bought a set of the first round, but don't even own a keyboard they can fit on, and actually don't know if I'll ever.  If not, it'll just sit boxed up.  Now an IBM set, that I would actually use.  If anyone did one though, I'd much prefer a cupped keycap, to give it that old Selectric look.  But I'm assuming it would cost a lot in setup charges, being I don't think Signature has any molds for that, nor do I doubt anyone else does.

[Grimey]

A new lurker here brought out by these possibilities.  I would be in for a key set for either blanks or non-blacks.  Any comical special keys are interesting as well.

Thanks for looking into this.

Lurker => Grimey

[jmpespxoreax]

Black on dark grey, like the HHKB, is an awesome color scheme:

http://www.elitekeyboards.com/proddata/images/th/pdkb400b_full_th0x0.jpg

[panda-R]

imma interested in DOLCH like the first order... too bad i couldn't get a set

[steeef]

imma interested in DOLCH like the first order... too bad i couldn't get a set

Ditto. I'd definitely be interested in the same lettering. Not too picky about the extras.

[Laggy-gaga]

maybe some apple-white
like the set in south korean

[RoboKrikit]

Can they do colored letters on black?




How'bout glow-in-the-dark plastic for the letters?

Or maybe IBM 'Think' style keys with gray function/cluster keys, and colored Enter keys?