I really like this set's aesthetics. The kitting just needs a bit of work. After that, it will definitely be worth consideration.
Noche Negra (Basekit)Show Image
The base kit is missing R3
PgUp, R4
PgDn keys for
65% support; please consider adding them.
It's also recommended to add a purple R4 1u
Fn key to the regular base kit, for when that key is placed on the bottom row, or on R4 next to 1.75u Shift.
You can kill two birds with one stone here if you change the current gray R4
Fn key to purple, and add R3
Prev, R4
Next keys in gray. Here's an
example of a set that does that. The latter two keys are generic-legend variants of R3 PgUp, R4 PgDn which can also fill a few other roles.
For reasons similar to the Fn key above, you could/should add a cyan R1 1u
Delete for when that key is placed above Backspace (e.g. on HHKB layouts).
If you make that legend generic, e.g.
Erase, this key will be able to double as a R1 1u Backspace (which some layouts use). However, it's also fine if you don't do that and keep it as
Delete.
The R1 1u
\| key should be gray (alpha-colored), not cyan (mod-colored), since that key is an alpha key and doesn't usually go in the corner (only
`~ does).
Please consider using
System/
Sys or
Super instead of
Code. The latter is pretty bad as an OS key legend, and it works much better as a generic / “any” key legend.
Also consider changing the R3 1.75u
Control key to use an icon legend (
∧). This will help with visual consistency in the set, as the text legend has a habit of looking out of place in the middle of icon mods (
comparison,
example in kit).
Shouldn't the numpad Enter legend be pink or purple instead of orange?
As far as the 40s support goes, keep in mind that 3-key won't look particularly nice with this sort of colorway since several gray keys will need to be used for the mods.
Papel Picado (Alt Basekit)Show Image
Keep in mind that the
<> key goes to the left of
Z. That means that you will have two yellow legend keys (
A and
<>) really close to each other, which looks like something that you were trying to avoid in this kit.
Calavera (Novelties)Show Image
Really nice novelties, good job.
Ocote (Spacebars)Show Image
Both 1.75c spaces, as well as the second 1.25c, are completely unnecessary and can be removed from this kit.
In their place, you can (and should) add a 1c space.
You could also move the 2c, 2.25c, 2.75c spacekeys from the base kits into this kit. Since they are simple, single-color keys in a small kit, the kit will still be fairly cheap, and doing this would allow for some extra flexibility in the bases — either in terms of adding a few extra keys, or dropping the price point.
Not to mention that if the black used is CR, some buyers will already own those spacekeys from other sets, so it would be nice if they didn't have to pay for duplicates.
One final consideration would be to add accent 6.25c and 7c spaces to this kit (e.g. in full orange, like the Esc and Enter accents in the novelties kit). However, this goes slightly against the previous point as it adds an extra color to the kit.