Sub Legends
These runic legends were designed by Ulliam specifically for this set. Shout out to LeandreN for his original IC of an Elder Futhark set that gave me the idea, the layout of the sub legends is the same as his mockup. Since there are only 24 runes from Elder Futhark, we took the artistic liberty of adding two from Younger Futhark in order to fill up the alphas without any duplicate runes.
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Protip: the Kaunan rune (ᚲ) would be better suited for the K key than C, and the Wunjo rune (ᚹ) rune would be better suited for W than V. This is more in line with the phonemic values that these runes had in Proto-Norse: /k/ and /w/, respectively.
If you don't want to duplicate runes like XDA Canvas, GMK Norse and LeandreN's set did, you don't need to turn to the Younger Futhark for extra characters — there are actually two well-known variant characters in the Elder Futhark itself that can be used for this purpose: ᛊ (Sowilo, variant of ᛋ) and ᛝ (Ingwaz, variant of ᛜ).
I would put ᛊ on S (since that was the primary S-shape earlier on), ᛋ on C, and ᛝ on V. Alternatively, you can keep ᛋ on S, and put ᛊ on C and ᛝ on V. Your call. Just don't mix rune alphabets :D
Source: am nerd
Kitting-wise, here's where this set stands:
Base kit - $120 CAD ($92~ USD) @ MOQ 200
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- R1 1u Delete is required for 60%, 65% and 75% layouts. It ought to be moved into base from the numpad kit. This is a must; 1u Back is not a valid replacement for Delete.
- Alternatively, change R1 1u Back to Delete and drop the one in the numpad kit outright. 1u Back is not a very commonly used key, and Delete actually is a valid replacement for Back.
- The second R4 1u Ctrl is a useless key for any modern board that isn't a 40%. One 1u Ctrl is enough. Remove the second one.
- The R3 '@ key is also useless since the kit doesn't full ISO-UK support. Remove it.
- In addition to this, I would suggest changing the two remaining ISO alpha keys from R3 #~, R4 \| to R3 \|, R4 <> for more consistent (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=90706.msg2894820#msg2894820), inclusive (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=106305.msg2908129#msg2908129) basic ISO support. As a bonus, all Nordic layouts use the R4 <> key.
- Some examples for all of the above: EPBT Be The One (https://i.imgur.com/z8uB8yq.png), EPBT Ivory (https://i.imgur.com/v2hbpIH.jpg), GMK Norse (https://i.imgur.com/9CUSX09.jpeg), IFK Blacklight (https://i.imgur.com/c7rhJJ1.png).
Numpad kit - $25 CAD ($19~ USD) @ MOQ N/A
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- As mentioned previously, R1 Delete should be moved to base.
- You should probably add a scooped 5, R4 1u 00, and R1 1u =. The first is self-explanatory, the second is for standalone numpads, and the third is for standalone numpads and Mac numpads (you already support Mac bottom row in base).
- Kit example 1 (https://i.imgur.com/3ZO4xQc.png), Kit example 2 (https://i.imgur.com/Xt4sJby.jpg)
Spaces kit - $25 CAD ($19~ USD) @ MOQ N/A
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- 1.75u space is useless for anything that isn't a 40%. The boards that use this size are: JD40, JD45, Prime_L, Vortex Core. That's all of them, no other boards use this key. Since this set doesn't have 40s support, you can remove this key (and if you do decide to add 40s support, this size should be in a 40s kit, not Spacebars.)
- In its place I would recommend adding a 1u space, which at least is useful for Alice and other ergo boards.
- It may be worth adding two 3u spaces as well, as EPBT has the molds, and this size is gaining popularity (e.g. 3u+3u or 3u+1u+3u split space).
- Kit example 1 (https://i.imgur.com/kEQPpmI.jpg), Kit example 2 (https://i.imgur.com/fxpDzCq.png)
Thanks for this, not too late to implement these but of course it would be quite an overhaul. We'll see if I have time since there's like a month left
To be clear, the changes that need to be made are: two sublegends need to be moved, two sublegends need to be added. Hopefully that shouldn't be too much work.
Edit: Grammar, clarifications. Thanks for reading and for your consideration, happy to hear your thoughts.