Designing the next Topre keycap set

[Gaspar]

The granite set is one of my all time favorite so my preference would go toward something like it!

That said, of the layouts displayed, blue and grey is my favorite.

[Matt3o]

Are the colors from the top two schemes supposed to match colors from current RF keycap sets? The black on grey looks similar to what ships with the 87U EK edition, while the orange/yellow looks close the the orange set that was available in the past.

no they are not. gray is lighter, yellow is in between topre-yellow and topre-orange.

Will there be a JIS set?

that's up to Topre. I don't have info about it.

I prefer the white alphas blue modifiers one, but what about yellow alphas and blue modifiers?`

I'm not a huge fan on yellow+blue. It reminds me of a flag or a football team

[asdfjkl36]

Cyan

Maybe purple

[Stev]

This is fantastic news, I'm picking up a Realforce soon.

I like #4 the most by far, would you consider adding a white and light purple option as well?

If you do I will be crazy excited

[rowdy]

I prefer the white alphas blue modifiers one, but what about yellow alphas and blue modifiers?`

I'm not a huge fan on yellow+blue. It reminds me of a flag or a football team

It actually reminds me of the Ukrainian flag, especially lighter yellow and blue (even aqua).

But black on white alphas half of us already have - so producing a new set with those would not really be anything new.

[sth]

hey sweet! i'm excited to see what we end up with. i'd love to get blanks but if this is a 104 set (without the side printing of the 87/hhkb sets) I might still be interested in getting in on this.

[Bomble]

So much exciting thorpie news at the moment I can hardly keep track. Jizzing left right and centre over here.

That said my preferences are any of the 2-colour sets, with my favourite being the dark grey & purple. Purple is the best colour and saying otherwise is blasphemy.

[sth]

Jizzing left right and centre over here.

cmon son

[Bomble]

Jizzing left right and centre over here.

cmon son

watchu mean

[KnivesM]

Either of the Blues or the Purple would be cool, the Purple set especially.

[oscillik]

unfortunately HHKB and Leopold compatibility won't be possible, at least not this time.

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Of course, it's still very cool news though. I have a TKL Realforce I could put these on

[sth]

matt3o - i get that/why hhkb is not on the table; however, if we are dealing with blanks at some point, would throwing in additional keys for ISO/JIS support be considered? That would end up including all the keys necessary for HHKB (not sure about leopolds) including short right shift AND be beneficial to int'l users.

[Matt3o]

matt3o - i get that/why hhkb is not on the table; however, if we are dealing with blanks at some point, would throwing in additional keys for ISO/JIS support be considered? That would end up including all the keys necessary for HHKB (not sure about leopolds) including short right shift AND be beneficial to int'l users.

I'll try, but the Topre guys were adamantine about HHKB compatibility.

[henz]

i like the blue/dark grey, not much of a fan of yellow.

[sth]

matt3o - i get that/why hhkb is not on the table; however, if we are dealing with blanks at some point, would throwing in additional keys for ISO/JIS support be considered? That would end up including all the keys necessary for HHKB (not sure about leopolds) including short right shift AND be beneficial to int'l users.

I'll try, but the Topre guys were adamantine about HHKB compatibility.

As in, absolutely not whatsoever? Interesting

[romevi]

matt3o - i get that/why hhkb is not on the table; however, if we are dealing with blanks at some point, would throwing in additional keys for ISO/JIS support be considered? That would end up including all the keys necessary for HHKB (not sure about leopolds) including short right shift AND be beneficial to int'l users.

I'll try, but the Topre guys were adamantine about HHKB compatibility.

As in, absolutely not whatsoever? Interesting

Some at DT were talking about add-on kits...

[yomammary]

Holy crap 
All of them look great.

[iamtootallforthis]

I'm in for this! Definitely like any set with the gray alphas

[a_ak57]

matt3o - i get that/why hhkb is not on the table; however, if we are dealing with blanks at some point, would throwing in additional keys for ISO/JIS support be considered? That would end up including all the keys necessary for HHKB (not sure about leopolds) including short right shift AND be beneficial to int'l users.

I'll try, but the Topre guys were adamantine about HHKB compatibility.

This whole thing is really cool, but dang about HHKB not even remotely being a possibility. 

[Bucake]

will these sets include extra caps lock and Lctrl keys (for when you have DIP1 enabled)?

if yes then i would totally love a blank beige/blue 10th anniversary keyset, without side-printing.

edit: an extra Esc key would also be nice! and i would love windows keys without the weird shiny "bubbles" on them. but these would just be nice bonuses
and tbh i would also buy a normal white/grey blank set boring, eh? well what can i say, i just love that simple color combo..

btw i really dig the icons + font you use on your versions, looks very slick. i'm hoping they'll go with those

[swill]

matt3o - i get that/why hhkb is not on the table; however, if we are dealing with blanks at some point, would throwing in additional keys for ISO/JIS support be considered? That would end up including all the keys necessary for HHKB (not sure about leopolds) including short right shift AND be beneficial to int'l users.

I'll try, but the Topre guys were adamantine about HHKB compatibility.

But FC660C compatibility can be achieved by only adding one extra key that already exists in the set.  So instead of one 2.25u Shift, it would have 2 of them.  That MUST be possible... 

[btctopre]

But FC660C compatibility can be achieved by only adding one extra key that already exists in the set.  So instead of one 2.25u Shift, it would have 2 of them.  That MUST be possible... 

dat bottom row doe

[swill]

But FC660C compatibility can be achieved by only adding one extra key that already exists in the set.  So instead of one 2.25u Shift, it would have 2 of them.  That MUST be possible... 

dat bottom row doe

Ahhh, my bad. I was thinking the RF had 1.25u bottom row.  Sry... 

[Niomosy]

Damn, that white/blue combo is strong, particularly since it looks to be more a nice cyan/turquoise color than the sky blue.  The blue/gray combo is #2 for me.

Might have to reconsider waiting for a Realforce 45g over the NovaTouch

[deci]

Even though it's unlikely, I would love the original Granite color scheme.

Out of those ones though... grey and blue are definitely my preference.

[Bomble]

Even though it's unlikely, I would love the original Granite color scheme.

Out of those ones though... grey and blue are definitely my preference.

Isn't that the same as the white RF caps?

[raymogi]

I'll be all over that #4 design.

[rsadek]

Two thoughts:
Instead of neutral alphas and colorful mods, colorful alphas w/ neutral mods could be nice


I'd love to see pink keys. Topre made a limited edition in pink, which was lovely. PBT takes color so nicely, you could use new colors like a watermelon pink or magenta. Or a deep crimson / wine red. That would be beautiful.
-R

[FrostyToast]

Colourful alphas with neutral mods just looks gross every time.
No way.

[Vizir]

What profile are these going to be?

[Air tree]

What profile are these going to be?

Whatever standard topre profile is. OEM-ish I guess?


I doubt they'd produce some other profile that their own. 

[U47]

I have to say though, I'm tealed out from the Adler, SkyDolch, and Infinity ALPS modifier kits recently. I'd be more in favour of the original Topre lavender (or their other colours too) which are very bright and vibrant. Although new blanks sets of those or anything really (and/or ones with symbol legends) will crack my wallet.

 

[U47]

Sorry, I haven't seen a JIS Realforce set. I'm assuming it would obviously not include an ANSI spacebar, though, right?

That would end up including all the keys necessary for HHKB

[ileben]

WOW, did not think this day was going to come any time soon  I am so fraking excited right now!

I vote for the bottom versions with the icons, just because it's so hard to find realforces with custom caps, I think icon legends push it just more out there and gives it the uniqueness that's sorely needed in the RF world.

I find it really hard to pick a favourite so I won't vote. If they were all avaiable I'd probably just buy all of them.

[olijuice]

The purple on gray looks pretty! What if the colors where softer though?

Also, with your knowledge and experience with the spacebars, and what you will learn with this new project would it be possible to make a separate GB with just the parts needed to complete an FC660C and a HHKB?

[rowdy]

Matt3o: Are you at liberty to say how you came to be in a position to be selected to design this set?

[Matt3o]

Matt3o: Are you at liberty to say how you came to be in a position to be selected to design this set?

honestly, I don't know. I believe the work I did with the spacebar helped.

[romevi]

honestly, I don't know. I believe the work I did with the spacebar helped.

"honestly, I don't know. I believe the magic I did with the spacebar helped."

ftfy

[sth]

Sorry, I haven't seen a JIS Realforce set. I'm assuming it would obviously not include an ANSI spacebar, though, right?

That would end up including all the keys necessary for HHKB

yeah i meant more like an all-in-one pack for ansi+jis

[rsadek]

Colourful alphas with neutral mods just looks gross every time.
No way.

Oh. Well it seemed like a nice idea. Do you have any pics you could post which demonstrate the ugliness?

[invisuu]

Well, the teal/grey combo always comes out nice.

Are these going to be available in blank flavor as well?

[Matt3o]

Well, the teal/grey combo always comes out nice.

Are these going to be available in blank flavor as well?

I don't know yet.

[deci]

Even though it's unlikely, I would love the original Granite color scheme.

Out of those ones though... grey and blue are definitely my preference.

Isn't that the same as the white RF caps?

The alphas are close but the mods on the RF are more like classic beige mods, and granite is a different grey.
I guess they are kind of close though. What I had in mind was more like the full granite set with blue enter and the other color options.
Not to mention the granite icons.



On a completely different and more important note.
Any chance we can get these in Blanks???

[luminor]

Pink anyone?

[Matt3o]

I do not work with pink, liliac, pale yellow, tea green or any pastel color

[sth]

i'd love pink, lilac, AND tea green. i already have topre yellow

[absyrd]

Purpley.

[Hypersphere]

It is great to have an opportunity to purchase new Topre keycap sets. Unfortunately (for me), I do not like any of the sample colorways. My own preference is for colors that were used in previous Topre sets, such as English White, English Blue, and Black (or very dark Grey). In particular, I like Blue alphas and Black mods, preferably blanks. Thanks.

[iamtootallforthis]

Any chance at a Dark green color for the mods?

[esoomenona]

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