[IC] ePbt - Be The One - GB February 1st!

[SirTimmyTimbit]

Any chance you'd consider putting the green legend on any other key instead? Cause in HHKB the colors are pretty red/yellow-ish




Red appears on 3 rows. Two shades of yellow appears twice. Red, brown, yellow and purple they all look kinda similar.

[zekth]

There is green on ESC also. But on HHKB you can put Super instead of ALT here.

[ideus]

You should take advantage for the opportunity to improve some of the euro legends that ePBT has wrong, like ´`| and ¨^~ keys. Make them closer to GMK to get them right.

[zekth]

You should take advantage for the opportunity to improve some of the euro legends that ePBT has wrong, like ´`| and ¨^~ keys. Make them closer to GMK to get them right.

I did a lot of work on alignments on the whole template regarding legends.

What's the issue with those legends? The size?

[zekth]

Not a deal breaker at all, but could it be possible to have Alt Gr keys?

i've thought about it yes but the issue is it will add too much keys in Base / Rainbow / Mono kits :/ sorry

[ideus]

You should take advantage for the opportunity to improve some of the euro legends that ePBT has wrong, like ´`| and ¨^~ keys. Make them closer to GMK to get them right.

I did a lot of work on alignments on the whole template regarding legends.

What's the issue with those legends? The size?

I will post some pictures later for the main offenders, for you to analyze them and decide if they worth a fix.

[evanh]

Very interested depending on price! One Dark Pro is my go-to.

[konstantin]

Any chance you'd consider putting the green legend on any other key instead? Cause in HHKB the colors are pretty red/yellow-ish

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Red appears on 3 rows. Two shades of yellow appears twice. Red, brown, yellow and purple they all look kinda similar.

There is green on ESC also. But on HHKB you can put Super instead of ALT here.

Caveats of using Super instead of Alt: it wouldn't be the correct legends for people who aren't on Mac, and it still doesn't fix the issue of the set not having enough green in this case (which I agree that it doesn't).

Perhaps it would be reasonable to make the R3 1.75u Control key green instead? I believe this would be a satisfactory solution for everyone.

Edit: Here's a mockup of what I mean, before vs after:

[Ramen Champ]

Absolutely love the rainbow modifier set

[zekth]

Indeed r3 control looks like a cool trade off. Personnaly i like both i don't really mind and even if you still want red you can keep the Caps Lock icon cap.

[roguesystem087]

any idea on when this is starting?

[zekth]

any idea on when this is starting?

Pricing?

Regarding those question, nothing will be done untill i got the samples.

[tehfrawg]

Any chance of a set of white, err light-theme, alphas to go with this?

[Kawamashi]

Wow, so in for the Bépo kit !

Would a Ergo kit be possible ? 

[DrHigsby]

I’d love to see a mono 40s kit. 

[zekth]

R3 control has been modified

[konstantin]

R3 control has been modified

[vladimir108]

Just idea: add also special "WASD" keycaps into the "Be the navigator" in same colours as "HJKL" or "[;'/"

[xc0mr4de]

when is it estimated to be on GB? 2020/2021?

[zekth]

when is it estimated to be on GB? 2020/2021?

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=108119.msg2949321#msg2949321

Regarding the time frame of the potential GB, i don't think about it untill i got the samples to check if this is possible with ePbt. When i have an idea i'll post it.

[Darthbaggins]

I'll take a set - 

[zekth]

Just made a minor modification to space and 40 kit. Adding legends as caps will be convex

[stoffelduss]

ooooh this is sick! I'll take one with the alternative layouts kit 

[i luv chuletas]

Super cool set! Love the compatability in the 40s kit as well. Will be keeping an eye out on this for sure!

[Parchment]

This looks fantastic, great job! I'm definately in, new to GBs and this vommunity, any ideas on pricing for a base kit?

Thanks!

[Rivazza]

Looks great. Definitely interested in the Base, Monos, and Frozen North kits.

[kennsama93]

Hi there, have you ever considered making a 1.5u (if I'm not mistaken) FN key for the upcoming Bella kit by KBDFans?
I am interested in this keycaps set but it seems that it is missing the support for the FN key in Bella.

[konstantin]

Hi there, have you ever considered making a 1.5u (if I'm not mistaken) FN key for the upcoming Bella kit by KBDFans?
I am interested in this keycaps set but it seems that it is missing the support for the FN key in Bella.

That keyboard is fully programmable, so you can assign that key to whatever you like. Most people use 1.5u Alt, not Fn, on layouts like that.

Welcome to Geekhack, by the way.

[kennsama93]

Hi there, have you ever considered making a 1.5u (if I'm not mistaken) FN key for the upcoming Bella kit by KBDFans?
I am interested in this keycaps set but it seems that it is missing the support for the FN key in Bella.

That keyboard is fully programmable, so you can assign that key to whatever you like. Most people use 1.5u Alt, not Fn, on layouts like that.

Welcome to Geekhack, by the way.

Thank you for the advice! I am new to the mecha keyboard scene so I appreciate any advice I can get from the community.

[zekth]

Since i got asked few times lately, clarifying the current situation of this project.

• Waiting for samples with the new ePbt tooling for reverse dyesub
• Ergo kit is planned
• No date of GB / shipping estimations untill the prototypes are validated
• Some Collabs planned
• Will there be a deskmat? Maybe

[dibstern]

Keen! Looks like my first navy keycap set

[harlekein]

I didn't expect to see a Colevrak kit here! Now I'm intrigued!

[REMAKEGKD]

when will these be available, I’m so excited about this set

[CountKeepo]

Made an account just for this set. Looks amazing, can't wait for updates. 

[treeleaf64]

Looks cool enough

But a little similar to monokai material

[zekth]

Looks cool enough

But a little similar to monokai material

Why choose ePbt? Because the MOQ policy is way more flexible for child kits with less popularity like FR/BE/Norde/dvorak and so on. This set without this compatibility makes no real sense to me as i mainly made it for people not being able to get for example GMK Oblivion / Nord which are in the same tones / theme.

 

[dstaar]

will GB of this take place before end of the year?

[zekth]

will GB of this take place before end of the year?

Definitely not. I'm still waiting for the samples to be validated.

[dibstern]

Why choose ePbt? Because the MOQ policy is way more flexible for child kits with less popularity like FR/BE/Norde/dvorak and so on. This set without this compatibility makes no real sense to me as i mainly made it for people not being able to get for example GMK Oblivion / Nord which are in the same tones / theme.

Another reason for this set -> PBT instead of ABS. I don't feel comfortable sinking more money into ABS sets until someone figures out a way to prevent shine.

Also, I know this is probably waaaay too late zekth, so feel free to disregard this, but I do love the way that the classic GMK legends were fixed in KAT Refined, to make them sharper and more legible. If that were possible for this, even in a R2, it would be legit.

[Scriba]

Why choose ePbt? Because the MOQ policy is way more flexible for child kits with less popularity like FR/BE/Norde/dvorak and so on. This set without this compatibility makes no real sense to me as i mainly made it for people not being able to get for example GMK Oblivion / Nord which are in the same tones / theme.

Another reason for this set -> PBT instead of ABS. I don't feel comfortable sinking more money into ABS sets until someone figures out a way to prevent shine.

Also, I know this is probably waaaay too late zekth, so feel free to disregard this, but I do love the way that the classic GMK legends were fixed in KAT Refined, to make them sharper and more legible. If that were possible for this, even in a R2, it would be legit.

read again, it's not about PBT or ABS, it's about that ePBT is producing it. Inifikey has proven that they have mastered reverse dyesub perfectly (e.g. pbt hive).

[krzank]

I'm in for BASE/MONO/COMPACT/FRENCH (maybe also UK?)

[arkze]

Inifikey has proven that they have mastered reverse dyesub perfectly (e.g. pbt hive).

Legends were crisp but the color matching was off... It was supposed to be dark blueish gray and they were just as black like my other black pbt keycaps. I was able to sell them with profit luckily.

[Scriba]

Inifikey has proven that they have mastered reverse dyesub perfectly (e.g. pbt hive).

Legends were crisp but the color matching was off... It was supposed to be dark blueish gray and they were just as black like my other black pbt keycaps. I was able to sell them with profit luckily.

You need experts for color matching, like dixiemech for example has.

[Scriba]

Inifikey has proven that they have mastered reverse dyesub perfectly (e.g. pbt hive).

Legends were crisp but the color matching was off... It was supposed to be dark blueish gray and they were just as black like my other black pbt keycaps. I was able to sell them with profit luckily.

after checking this, yea you're right. the reverse dyesub and legends were good but the color matching was off. that's a big off if you want blueisch/gray keycaps and get black ones...

[TheCaptain]

Definitely getting this but what about a Be the Pizza kit with Iso IT accented vowels?

[Martakia]

Looking forward to this

[ideus]

I am very tempted to join this: The set has nice colors, the material is shine-proof, and the vendors (KBDFans) have very competitive shipping costs. Above all, it includes a Nord set. Just hoping for a proper edition of some of the legends that have always being off the actual OG reference.

[Razer1987]

In for most of the mods + iso-fr !!!

[azhdar]

following this

[krzank]

if people interested in other language i'm willing to add those if enough people interested in.

If cyrillic with R3:Tilde/GraveAccent/Ё, count me in.
If arabic with R3:Tilde/GraveAccent/ذ, count me in.
I assume the R4:Pipe/Backslash will be available through UK-ISO.