lookin' good son! only concern i have at the moment is how feint the legends are on the alphas, despite knowing how wonky GMK renders look colorwise. in the case you don't find a TA cap, how about an ever-so-slightly deeper teal like #367178?
costwise, i was ready to pay upwards of $150 for this set, so fantastic job getting it lowered to a standard price. hence, any method you go with is fine by me. i'm actually quite optimistic that we can hit 500 MOQ without the help of MD. curious to see what the final price will come down to with 1000 MOQ, though that's probably out of reach even with MD's participation
lastly, what are the most important keys you had to cut from the final selection?
Do not worry about the render. The hex code is just a placeholder. They will color match a real cap and it will look basically the same as the original board, not faint. The main variable will actually be the base gray color-- there is really only one color on the color ring that comes close (2B) so we are kinda stuck with that. Looks to be very close though I'm going to push to see some samples before the full production goes down.
Most important keys cut... honestly, really not that much. We kept all the must-haves. You can cover almost any layout you want, you just might have to live with some wrong legends.
Things that come to mind... blanks of all sizes, some HHKB keys, 1x 0, B-profile bottom arrows and bottom numpad... teal `~ .....
Like I said, the nice-to-haves.
I really think the set design is among the best ever, not just because I was involved, but because it's so efficient. If I had it my way we'd get rid of the Fn too, but c'est la vie, Photekq
