[IC] GMK Fuji

[ttom]

GROUP BUY LIVE: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=111695.0

Discord for updates: https://discord.gg/eGnjxGx

Interest check form: https://forms.gle/Y1t1mjieBq6WPVxL8

Hello everyone, welcome to the IC for GMK Fuji.

GB March 15th - April 15th



Inspired by the colours and landscape surrounding the legendary mountain, this set brings a stylish look to your keyboard. The set features dark blue Latin and Katakana legends on white alphas, with lighter blue-grey mods. The pink of the accents resemble the iconic sakura. All colours come from the RAL design catalogue.

Special thanks to BK over the past months for helping me develop this idea.

Without further ado, here are the kits - all renders done by the talented pikku-allu.

Katakana Base:

Pretty straightforward. Provides the compatibility you need for most layouts, while keeping it as trimmed down as possible. Katakana sublegends are there as an homage to the inspiration of the set.



Latin Base:

Pretty straightforward. Provides the compatibility you need for most layouts, while keeping it as trimmed down as possible. For those that prefer a cleaner, sublegendless look.



Addition:

To cover TGR Alice-like layouts and some more niche layouts that weren't in the base kit, as well as giving more legend options. Basic 40s compatibility also included.



Novelties:

Made in collaboration with Sour, to add a bit more personality to your board.



International:

Your standard kit for European layouts - support for British, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and German keyboards.



Sakura:

Accent spacebars, for an extra splash of colour.



Collaborations:

RAMA WORKS x GMK Fuji

Anodised aluminium with enamel infill. All colours will be matched to the approved GMK samples. Both icons designed by my talented friend Sour.

Mount:





Pagoda:





With this set I have again collaborated with the talented Sour for deskmats. I hope you like them all as much as I do:

Landscape:



Paper:



Sakura:



Weave:



And last but not least, some board renders:

TGR Jane V2 CE:





Finder Works Hyphen:







Cannon Keys Satisfaction 75:







Colours:

Comparison between similar sets, with BoW and WoB for reference. Exact RAL values for GMK Fuji to be released at a later date.



Vendors:
CA: deskhero.ca
CN: zfrontier.com
EU: mykeyboard.eu
KR: swagkeys.com
NA: cannonkeys.com
OCE: dailyclack.com
SEA: monokei.co
UK: prototypist.net

Pricing:


Much love to Sour and pikku-allu especially for all your hard work - you two have truly gone above and beyond to make this project what it is. Also ilikerustoo for the early support and all the feedback.

Also many thanks to biip for giving permission to use his katakana moulds for this project.

[gilbert]

so sick

[productkun]

Lets go, will buy

[Hectrix]

Nice desk mats and colours but not really sure about the pink accent

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[Cedratto]

very pretty

[Zeelobby]

as always, tom killing it

[sup3r170va]

I’m in. Some suggestions:

Move R3 pg up and R4 pg down into base kit.
Coloured arrows may work better in the spacebar kit than the novelties kit.

[Ulliam]

Bravo! again! killing it as always dude

[Bunn3y]

Really love the colours on this set, very simplistic yet stylistically pleasing. Looking forward to the group buy soon. Good job Tom! 

[Chippy]

Really loving this, can’t wait to see it go into group buy. Well done once again.

I would love to see mod pipe, mod tilde, and text+icon mods.

[jaekid]

Nice colors Tom! Great combination 

[Agilr]

No forced Alt Gr

That deserves a medal already let alone the killer set, love what you're doing Tom

[Izeri]

This is really good but I'm not sure about white on pink

[ttom]

made a google form: https://forms.gle/Y1t1mjieBq6WPVxL8

if you've got any comments / feedback to give, please feel free to do so here 

[eddieboyemo]

really excited with this set! glwic

[BapoDonu]

japan forest

[nordhelle]

big nice

[HungHingDaiLo]

made a google form: https://forms.gle/Y1t1mjieBq6WPVxL8

if you've got any comments / feedback to give, please feel free to do so here 

GLWIC & GLWGB!

[lv_shyguy]

I'm in love with this set. It fits perfectly the theme and i love th colours you choose! Hopefully this reaches GB very soon.

[powwu]

Really loving this, can’t wait to see it go into group buy. Well done once again.

I would tray love to see mod pipe, mod tilde, and text+icon mods.

[Weaselpc]

sakura one looks great

[Rafa_n]

Is 1.75 Control not popular enough to be in base kits now?

[Afresh]

washed up olivia. I love it 

[ttom]

Is 1.75 Control not popular enough to be in base kits now?

I think that with icons it's not overly necessary. Should this be text, or text+icon - 100% I'd have it in there.

[CookieFlow]

Excited for this, didn't expect the GB to be so soon after the annoucement.

It looks very pretty but I would have never guessed it's based on Mt.Fuji (or it's surrounding landscape) when I look at this set.
Not really sure where the grey comes from.

Being a Fuji set I would have expected to see Mt.Fuji somewhere on a novelty at the very least (Maybe that's where the Rama will come in).

I really like the set, and the deskmats are especially gorgeous.
But I expect more from the Novelties like: Pink Novelty ESC, Pink Spacebar with Mt.Fuji design for example and maybe some stylized Pink arrows instead of just Pink arrows.

[directheatedtriode]

Super nice set  Would love text+icon mods and Katakana mono in the first kit. If the latter isn't possible I'll go for Latin.

Edit: just saw the accent F5-F8 that is amazing, well done

[mr_fro2000]

Awesome set... knocked it out of the park Ttom.  Love the colors.  I do agree w/ the previous poster that having a pink novelty esc would be really nice!  Also having a few extra keys in the addition set would be great to fill out some 40% keyboards (1.75 backspace, 1.50 enter)

Also would love to see some more renders... maybe on an isla?

[yoot]

so glad there is katakana base kit!!! Good stuff tom

[Qarmaa]

Love pastel colors, def a cop 

[MrGuccu]

Those renders are gorgeous!

[hkiri]

so glad there is latin base kit!!! Good stuff tom

[TheBlackHammer]

A better 40s kit would make this a must buy set for. I would be more than happy to help with that kitting!


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[VXQN]

Love the look and Latin base set. It looks like you've gone for Apple/Mac OS ISO layout in the base? I've never seen this before, I think something less specific would be better.

[DuellM]

This is so Awesome!! Can't wait for GB 

[azzipa]

Very subtle colorway; the more I look at it the more I like it. Nicely done, Tom!

[Parasidious]

Love love love this. All in on Latin base kit.

[Sicowa]

cool deskmats. nice forrest
GLWIC 

[Kinesiologist]

Digging the latin kit.

Is it possible to add the following keys into the base kit?
- Mod-colored tilde key
- "F13", "Back"
- Mod-colored slash key on R2

[7empest]

Yea this looks really good. There are so many banger keycap sets coming out lately. I cant keep up!!!

[ilikerustoo]

Sweet

[ttom]

Also would love to see some more renders... maybe on an isla?

Got some more renders coming up - will be on a Finder Works Hyphen.

Love the look and Latin base set. It looks like you've gone for Apple/Mac OS ISO layout in the base? I've never seen this before, I think something less specific would be better.

This was something I thought a lot about in the kitting process. It's the most complete ISO layout I can make with 3 keycaps (that extra R1 keycap I'd include in katakana anyway with a different ISO setup, to mitigate duplicate legends). As long as you're not doing full UK ISO in base you're compromising with the support you do, and I prefer this setup much more to something like R4 >< and R3 |\. Besides, the International kit is there for a reason.

Being a Fuji set I would have expected to see Mt.Fuji somewhere on a novelty at the very least (Maybe that's where the Rama will come in).

This is the plan for the RAMA R1 keycap.

[atlanticise]

I kinda love this!! Filled the IC

Though this confuses me:
The set features dark blue Latin and Katakana legends on white alphas, with lighter blue mods.

I see grey, is it my ****ty screen or???

[ZyBeR]

Looks great, I would like to see an mod colored pipe key though.

But as @atlanticise I also see the mods as grey, it wasn't until I saw hes comment until I realized they are supposed to be blue?

[sirieous]

Love what you've done. Will be considering!

[depletedvespene]

That R4 `~ key (in both kits) looks really out of place. It's as if the ghoXTs of the paXT were trying to pull a faXT one on us... but were misled by A Particularly Poor Layout Entrée into doing evil things.

[fropsie]

Honestly just awesome. Will definitely be in for... everything!
Awesome work as always Tom!

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

Rama crane? I presume Fuji Rama is out because of its inclusion in Striker R1?

love that pink color

[elongatedmusk]

Love the muted colors, the desk mats are also amazing!
This will be in my consideration
GL!

[falzm]

Lovely! I'm not sure about the white legends on pink, but I'd be down for a Katakana Base + Sakura kit.
Great work, I hope it'll make it to a GB!

[kema]

This keyset is beautiful, count me in for Latin base + pink accents ✨

[Lufenia]

A pink R1 novelty esc would be nice

[kidpid]

The 40s kit definitely took a step in the wrong direction from what was shown on Discord. I think the 40s support should be revisited. If you need some suggestions, then the 40% Discord is happy to help with kitting.

[Upstart5]

RIP 40s support. The kitting you had in the discord rendering was awesome. Curious why it was removed.

[MidnightSnek]

Why katakana? Why are you slapping on katakana to something that is a Japanese icon? Katakana is meant to be used for objects that are foreign from the country, not to mention that it looks abysmal compared to the curves of Latin letters. Please for the love of god consider hiragana instead of katakana if you really want to pay homage to the country and/or the mountain.

[TheBlackHammer]

RIP 40s support. The kitting you had in the discord rendering was awesome. Curious why it was removed.

This exactly


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[totalemon]

In for the novs and deskmat, but this feels like it needs a pink novelty ESC, and maybe some more variety in the designs for the arrows? Basically what CookieFlow said, and I think it's a bit ridiculous that there's no Fuji novelty in any of these sets. For a set called GMK Fuji, it's not a great look to have to buy a $60 artisan for a design the set was based on. Please reconsider 

[shellfours]

I like the shade of pastel pink for the accents.

[ttom]

Re: 40s - got nothing against 40s, but was just a situation where we weren't confident in a kit like that reaching MOQ for this set. I have heard your thoughts about the kitting as it stands and am open to edits - I do urge you to fill out the form as it is there for a reason 

Should I include more support in the Addition kit, 1.75u backspace and 1.50u enter are certainly on my mind.

Definitely hearing a lot of the requests for a Mt. Fuji novelty as well as a pink R1 novelty too, so those are under consideration.

Anyway, thanks for the support today too. I'll probably have a couple minor kit changes here and there over the coming days.

[LXVRGS]

so were still doing this whole cutting mod tilde thing eh?

[Nathan_]

Finallyyyyyyyyyy! looks great Tom, glwic

[wirex]

Why katakana? Why are you slapping on katakana to something that is a Japanese icon? Katakana is meant to be used for objects that are foreign from the country, not to mention that it looks abysmal compared to the curves of Latin letters. Please for the love of god consider hiragana instead of katakana if you really want to pay homage to the country and/or the mountain.

I agree! Hiragana sublegends look a lot nicer and traditional Japanese imo.

[CookieFlow]

It didn't cross my mind when I saw the IC this morning, but I will agree with the people mentioning Hiraganas.
Hiraganas should be the logical choice considering it is based on a Japanese area and not a foreign theme.

And just aesthetically the rounder shape of Hiraganas imo is more suited for the theme and colors.

 

[finalarcadia]

I'd like to see how the dark grey on pink looks, I suspect it'll be better than white.

[ttom]

I'd like to see how the dark grey on pink looks, I suspect it'll be better than white.

When I started working on the set it was meant to be how you described, but when I looked at comparisons between the two it was clear that the white worked a whole lot better (also fwiw it's a dark shade of blue). I don't plan to change the colours at all.

[kidpid]

I like the Katakana. I have too many Hiragana sets already. Latin letters look fine with both.

I'll get back to you on 40s.

[forever9to5]

This is beautiful! Definitely will be getting in on this one.

[mr_fro2000]

Just caught up on the 40s discord about the kitting... not having minivan support is definitely disappointing.  Anyways, gl w/ the GB!

[ttom]

Just caught up on the 40s discord about the kitting... not having minivan support is definitely disappointing.  Anyways, gl w/ the GB!

Actually those two keys will likely be in the next kit revision.

[mr_fro2000]

That's great to hear!  I actually just found out like an hr ago that there's all this silly nerd drama over the minivan layout (i'm just a simple consumer here...).  So in hindsight thank you for having a civil discussion in the 40s discord about the kitting!   

[BuildingKeys]

Wow the paper deskmat is a must buy for me. It looks incredible! Nice work

[LostInWonderland]

Excited for this, didn't expect the GB to be so soon after the annoucement.

It looks very pretty but I would have never guessed it's based on Mt.Fuji (or it's surrounding landscape) when I look at this set.
Not really sure where the grey comes from.

Being a Fuji set I would have expected to see Mt.Fuji somewhere on a novelty at the very least (Maybe that's where the Rama will come in).

I really like the set, and the deskmats are especially gorgeous.
But I expect more from the Novelties like: Pink Novelty ESC, Pink Spacebar with Mt.Fuji design for example and maybe some stylized Pink arrows instead of just Pink arrows.

I also would never guess it's based on Fuji. I think other colors would have been much better for representing Fuji itself. I also agree that with naming the set after an iconic Japanese mountain, hiragana would have been the better choice for sub legends. The only people who would want katakana on this set are those who already have several hiragana sets. Otherwise, there's no justification for it. I was hyped when I saw a kit coming for Fuji, I love the mountain and I thought it would be an absolute must buy for me. However, with this set I just gotta hope another one comes around that will better represent the mountain itself...
GL with the GB

[infu]

A pink R1 novelty esc would be nice

This. There should be at least one R1 pink novelty since most people will probably use the accent color for Esc especially when the only novelty enter keys are in the accent color. Also agree with people on the hiragana sublegends.

Overall love the colors and looks like a promising set. GLWIC

[zoo]

i like this. A LOTTTT

[ttom]

Thanks for all the feedback. We have an R1 sakura novelty which will be in the next kit update, along with a couple other changes.

So, as for sublegends: I started work on this set in September last year at which point the existing hiragana moulds irked me a lot, however these will be improved with Serika 2 (see here for differences: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=109505.msg2978430#msg2978430). I do have some gripes with the public katakana moulds being made for Mecha-01, so changing the sublegends is actually a direction I may be interested in going. I've made a form for you to vote for your favourite, and so changing will be considered depending on results.

https://forms.gle/VzENiHCeVDXgSaxG6

[vladimir108]

Hello, in thread "GMK Beta" was published update of basic Latin/Hiragana GMK keycaps from Zambumon:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=108290.msg3009840#msg3009840
Zambumon_GMK_Hiragana_Latin_RFC.pdf  https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=108290.0;attach=261369

[Reebes]

Wow! I’m new here but Tom seems to mean business, posting ic a month before fb goes live.
Set looks beautiful. Definitely in my top 3 for March rn.... gf might get mad if I pickup more than one though.... hmm

[CookieFlow]

Thanks for all the feedback. We have an R1 sakura novelty which will be in the next kit update, along with a couple other changes.

So, as for sublegends: I started work on this set in September last year at which point the existing hiragana moulds irked me a lot, however these will be improved with Serika 2 (see here for differences: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=109505.msg2978430#msg2978430). I do have some gripes with the public katakana moulds being made for Mecha-01, so changing the sublegends is actually a direction I may be interested in going. I've made a form for you to vote for your favourite, and so changing will be considered depending on results.

https://forms.gle/VzENiHCeVDXgSaxG6

Thank you very much for considering the Hiraganas.
I sincerely hope they make it, as I feel it would be really sad if a Mt.Fuji set, one of the most iconic place in Japan (if not the most) uses Katakanas which is only used for foreign names.

I hope people voting can take this into consideration and not make their vote based on if they already own too many sets with Hiraganas. 

[pixelpusher]

Beautiful colorway.  Definitely interested in this moving to GB some day 

[Tyson]

Beautiful colorway.  Definitely interested in this moving to GB some day 

The GB is happening next month lol

[smackyp]

Those deskmats are amazing. Good god.

[Delo]

I'm definitely down for this set, looking good!

[Space_Case88]

holy deskmats, batman!

[Sandy]

This set is soooooo cute it's like if an eboy was a keycap set I freaking love it!

[azzipa]

cute name. cute set. match made in heaven.

This set is soooooo cute it's like if an eboy was a keycap set I freaking love it!

[pixelpusher]

Beautiful colorway.  Definitely interested in this moving to GB some day 

The GB is happening next month lol

Ooh the old 20 day IC trick with vendors already in place!  Well, guess I’ll set money aside for March. Not sure why we call these interest checks.  Maybe we need a new “pre release notice” category? Maybe the vendors have to see how many they want to commit to based on feedback to establish pricing?  No complaints from this guy though.  Kits suit me and the colors are an instant classic. 

[DuellM]

Any chance for a alice style render with pink spacebars 

[TjarleN]

First: I saw your comment on 1.75 control and I get the point with the icon mods.

But I still disagree, there are probably more people out there than just me that prefer to use the right key instead of a wrong one with an icon.
The HHKB layout is very common probably half of all 60% users or so use it and even with other layouts it is pretty common to use R3 control.

To use an HHKB with R3 control you would have to buy 2 Kits here and while prices are not finalized I think it is predictable to pay over 150$ for Base and Addition.
Just to (correctly) cover the 60 keys of HHKB... I dont know, not a fan of that.

[Vadurr]

NE mod colored tilde avail?

[VXQN]

Ooh the old 20 day IC trick with vendors already in place!  Well, guess I’ll set money aside for March. Not sure why we call these interest checks.  Maybe we need a new “pre release notice” category? Maybe the vendors have to see how many they want to commit to based on feedback to establish pricing?  No complaints from this guy though.  Kits suit me and the colors are an instant classic.

I really agree with this idea for a new category. People get absolutely shat on when they propose an early idea here, when really they are staying true to the name of the forum — checking general interest before moving on with development. Perhaps we need two new subforums and to rename this subforum: "interest checks" "design refinement" "pre-release" or something to that effect?

[azzipa]

Getting a bit off-topic? Might be helpful to start a new thread instead of hijacking an IC (or whatever you want to call it)

[ttom]

Hope you’ve all been having a good day. Made some kit changes (and they’ve been updated in the OP).

Katakana base kit:
- sublegends changed slightly - biip has kindly given permission to use his katakana moulds for this project (see: GMK Honor, GMK Bushido, GMK Bentō R2)
- added R3 1.75 Control

Latin base kit:
- added R3 1.75 Control

Addition kit:
- added R2 1.75 Backspace
- added R3 1.50 Enter
- added R3 1.75 stepped Control
- removed R3 1.75 Control

Novelties kit:
- added R1 1.00 sakura novelty

International kit:
- R1 ´` tertiary legend changed from ¦ to |

Sakura kit:
- removed 1.00 spacebars

More announcements to be made soon.

[kidpid]

I think the 40s support could still use some help. Notable missing keys include a 1u R2 Esc, a 1u R2 Tab, a 1u R4 Raise and Lower keys, and 1-2 1u R3 Shift keys.

I think you would be okay to remove one or both 3u spacebars. I also think that the 1u R1 Backspace key would fit better in base. Also, does there need to be an alpha-colored 6u spacebar in there, or is the pink 6u bar in the sakura kit good enough?

I would definitely prefer that the addition kit be changed to a 40s kit, and the actual addition keys be moved into base (assuming they don't affect base price all that much). However, I'm definitely biased here as a 40s user, and I would love to hear the opinion of those that are interested in the bob-40s keys in the addition kit.

[TjarleN]

Thanks for adding R3 Control

[nicksmizzle]

this is it, everything looks good for my use cases

[CookieFlow]

Hope you’ve all been having a good day. Made some kit changes (and they’ve been updated in the OP).

Katakana base kit:
- sublegends changed slightly - biip has kindly given permission to use his katakana moulds for this project (see: GMK Honor, GMK Bushido, GMK Bentō R2)

Maybe I'm looking too much into this, but I assume this means the Katakanas are staying.
If that is the case, would you consider a Hiragana only kit? (similar to what Hanami Dango did for example, so just Hiraganas as the only legend).

[ttom]

Hope you’ve all been having a good day. Made some kit changes (and they’ve been updated in the OP).

Katakana base kit:
- sublegends changed slightly - biip has kindly given permission to use his katakana moulds for this project (see: GMK Honor, GMK Bushido, GMK Bentō R2)

Maybe I'm looking too much into this, but I assume this means the Katakanas are staying.
If that is the case, would you consider a Hiragana only kit? (similar to what Hanami Dango did for example, so just Hiraganas as the only legend).

Katakanas are indeed staying. Won't be doing a Hiragana only kit here, sorry.

[manzel]

Still no mod tilde...

[ttom]

Hope you're all well. Happy to finally be able to show you all something that's been in the works for a little bit now:

RAMA WORKS x GMK Fuji

Anodised aluminium with enamel infill. All colours will be matched to the approved GMK samples. Both icons designed by my talented friend Sour.

Mount:





Pagoda:

[Afresh]

ttom, the longer I look at your set, the more I love it 

great job!

[Biskwit157]

Hope you're all well. Happy to finally be able to show you all something that's been in the works for a little bit now:

RAMA WORKS x GMK Fuji

Anodised aluminium with enamel infill. All colours will be matched to the approved GMK samples. Both icons designed by my talented friend Sour.

Mount:

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Pagoda:

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Amazing job

[IMZO]

Cool deskmats! highly likely i'll get a set, GJ!

[FamilyJoule924]

Hope you’ve all been having a good day. Made some kit changes (and they’ve been updated in the OP).

Katakana base kit:
- sublegends changed slightly - biip has kindly given permission to use his katakana moulds for this project (see: GMK Honor, GMK Bushido, GMK Bentō R2)

Maybe I'm looking too much into this, but I assume this means the Katakanas are staying.
If that is the case, would you consider a Hiragana only kit? (similar to what Hanami Dango did for example, so just Hiraganas as the only legend).

Katakanas are indeed staying. Won't be doing a Hiragana only kit here, sorry.

that or a katakana only kit and i'm in i don't like sublegends

[kidpid]

that or a katakana only kit and i'm in i don't like sublegends

You do realize there's an alternate latin base kit, right...?

[Dissitesuxba11s]

I really like the muted colors of this set. The deskmats are also sick! Definitely considering this set.

[yh]

Insane renders by pikku, mans back at it again. Definitely got to get the fuji rama, love it!!!

[Anorexious]

I feel I just fall in love with this set, please make it happen

[Rocket]

Would be cool to see renders of GMK fuji on fuji65 just so it feels complete

[FamilyJoule924]

that or a katakana only kit and i'm in i don't like sublegends

You do realize there's an alternate latin base kit, right...?

had no clue ...

so anyway like i said hiragana or katakana mono set and i'm in

[Biskwit157]

Would be cool to see renders of GMK fuji on fuji65 just so it feels complete

I was hoping to see more renders and this would be great

[Arila]

Loving the pastel vibes with these :')) <3

[JPoc]

beautiful, the subtle pink looks so nice

[Yella Fella]

Finally. Actually digging a set. Love the anodised and a mat too.

[Rx003]

Im in for this! might 2nd gb that ill be joining!

[Saks]

Nice RAMA

[ttom]

Some more renders today on a polycarbonate Finder Works Hyphen:







And some colours:



Kits have also been submitted to GMK earlier this week for quotes.

[Sandy]

Can you make a signature so I can sport this set on my posts? silly request lol

[VellFlamm]

As a Japanese, I do like the overall design of the set.
However, the "Pagoda" artisan is very Chinese-looking and it would be great if you could consider revising it.

[Randomi]

I like this set. Any chance katakana legends could be included in the international kit as well? Would match the katakana base set nicely.

[captainscurvy7]

This looks amazing. Almost a cherry blossom vibe. Def count me in! 

[Kaidesk_Lee]

Absolutely beautiful. That pink is just perfect, so subtle. Really love the desk mats too, especially Paper.

[ttom]

I like this set. Any chance katakana legends could be included in the international kit as well? Would match the katakana base set nicely.

Fun idea, and in an ideal world where everything reaches MOQ it would be done. However, new moulds are expensive and with International perhaps requiring vendor buyout splitting those numbers over two kits / making that one kit far more pricey isn't a possibility.

[MediocreTurtle]

Hope you’ve all been having a good day. Made some kit changes (and they’ve been updated in the OP).

Katakana base kit:
- sublegends changed slightly - biip has kindly given permission to use his katakana moulds for this project (see: GMK Honor, GMK Bushido, GMK Bentō R2)
- added R3 1.75 Control

Latin base kit:
- added R3 1.75 Control

Addition kit:
- added R2 1.75 Backspace
- added R3 1.50 Enter
- added R3 1.75 stepped Control
- removed R3 1.75 Control

Novelties kit:
- added R1 1.00 sakura novelty

International kit:
- R1 ´` tertiary legend changed from ¦ to |

Sakura kit:
- removed 1.00 spacebars

More announcements to be made soon.

Text mod "Control" doesn't work if the other mods are icons, it just looks out of place. Could you consider to changing it to ^ ? Someone made a visual comparison https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107383.msg2930291#msg2930291

[Lufenia]

As a Japanese, I do like the overall design of the set.
However, the "Pagoda" artisan is very Chinese-looking and it would be great if you could consider revising it.

Agreed.

[ttom]

Hope you’ve all been having a good day. Made some kit changes (and they’ve been updated in the OP).

Katakana base kit:
- sublegends changed slightly - biip has kindly given permission to use his katakana moulds for this project (see: GMK Honor, GMK Bushido, GMK Bentō R2)
- added R3 1.75 Control

Latin base kit:
- added R3 1.75 Control

Addition kit:
- added R2 1.75 Backspace
- added R3 1.50 Enter
- added R3 1.75 stepped Control
- removed R3 1.75 Control

Novelties kit:
- added R1 1.00 sakura novelty

International kit:
- R1 ´` tertiary legend changed from ¦ to |

Sakura kit:
- removed 1.00 spacebars

More announcements to be made soon.

Text mod "Control" doesn't work if the other mods are icons, it just looks out of place. Could you consider to changing it to ^ ? Someone made a visual comparison https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107383.msg2930291#msg2930291

Text 'Control' is fully intentional design choice and will not be changing, sorry.

[azzipa]

text mod control R3 works, imo, as it ties with R4 text (alpha) mods. at some point I’d like to see a set with R3 code or system (instead of control or, rarely, function) to differentiate from R4 and indicate ‘layers’ but i’m not holding my breath.

[ttom]

text mod control R3 works, imo, as it ties with R4 text (alpha) mods. at some point I’d like to see a set with R3 code or system (instead of control or, rarely, function) to differentiate from R4 and indicate ‘layers’ but i’m not holding my breath.

I somewhat share that sentiment in that as a Mac user I would like to include a kit with R3 Command (full 1.75 + stepped 1.75) in one of my future sets. Function is a nice halfway point between Control and an OS key but I didn't think I could justify adding it here

[Bantalope]

I don't know how I hadn't found this till now but I'm a fan though I defo have some queries.


1: Any chance of an accent Esc key in the addition kit? As it is there are no R2 Novelties so its kind of disappointing knowing I wouldn't be able to have any variation on the Esc key, this is also something I'd like to see with alot of the other keys in the addition kit but its understandable not wanting to make it too big due to pricing.
2: I agree with some other users that the arrow keys seem a better fit for the Sakura kit moreso than the Novelties kit or even the base kit because especially as a 40's user, its a pain to have to buy an entire kit when all I really want from it is the arrow keys while half the others don't even fit onto boards.
3: I also agree with users pointing out the lack of a Fuji Novelty but equally the other novelties seem kind of lackluster in the amount of designs, with only identical novelties available for R3 and R4 (not including arrow keys) with no change in novelty design or colour, and currently no novelties for R2 other than part of an ISO space, I feel like some extra variety here would make it far more appealing.

Looking forward to seeing this set rip my wallet apart because damn those colours are nice. 

[R053]

Can't wait man! Looks amazing, you'll be my first GMK keycap set I buy!

[CookieFlow]

I don't know how I hadn't found this till now but I'm a fan though I defo have some queries.


1: Any chance of an accent Esc key in the addition kit? As it is there are no R2 Novelties so its kind of disappointing knowing I wouldn't be able to have any variation on the Esc key, this is also something I'd like to see with alot of the other keys in the addition kit but its understandable not wanting to make it too big due to pricing.
2: I agree with some other users that the arrow keys seem a better fit for the Sakura kit moreso than the Novelties kit or even the base kit because especially as a 40's user, its a pain to have to buy an entire kit when all I really want from it is the arrow keys while half the others don't even fit onto boards.
3: I also agree with users pointing out the lack of a Fuji Novelty but equally the other novelties seem kind of lackluster in the amount of designs, with only identical novelties available for R3 and R4 (not including arrow keys) with no change in novelty design or colour, and currently no novelties for R2 other than part of an ISO space, I feel like some extra variety here would make it far more appealing.

Looking forward to seeing this set rip my wallet apart because damn those colours are nice. 

I do agree with you on some of those and have already expressed my opinion previously.
The novelties are pretty lackluster and lack variety, at least we managed to get a Pink Escape novelty.
Maybe they could have been improved if there had been more time between IC and GB.

Don't get me wrong I really like the set and I will go pretty much all in on it.
I will just ignore the fact that it's called Fuji considering some choices like the Katakanas and Mt.Fuji only being present on a Rama and a Mat.

[Ennead]

Any way to get Õ and ˇ~ keys into the international kit to support EST language layout as well? I've never seen them in GMK kits, only in KAT so far. Would love to see a GMK set offer full support.

[evermoonbun]

This is gorgeous! Brings me back to Japan ;w;

[CookieFlow]

I guess we will never know the polls results.

I saw you deleted your [IC] reddit post, not really sure why.
But seems like half the comments were about asking for Hiraganas instead of Katakanas, and those comments were also heavily upvoted.

But I guess you have your reason.

[ttom]

I guess we will never know the polls results.

I saw you deleted your [IC] reddit post, not really sure why.
But seems like half the comments were about asking for Hiraganas instead of Katakanas, and those comments were also heavily upvoted.

But I guess you have your reason.

The reddit post was deleted as I'd rather just make one closer to GB with more information and details on kitting, and didn't feel that one yesterday was as necessary. At this point kits are all locked in and not open to changes, and though I understand your criticisms and have thought about your feedback, katakanas are my personal choice with this set.

Re: your comments about novelties and length of the IC - this set's been in the works for around half a year now, and Sour can attest to the fact that we've spent countless hours going over the novelties and details.

[Impetuousx]

Out of curiosity. Why did you make a form for people to vote on sublegends if you were just gonna go with your personal preference? And you say you deleted the post because you want to have more info on kitting etc, which info has not been released yet?

[infinii]

I can't find this on zfrontier. I was hoping to GB/preorder now.

[ttom]

I can't find this on zfrontier. I was hoping to GB/preorder now.

Hey, sorry about that. We've pushed the GB date back to the 15th as we're still communicating with GMK regarding a couple things, though we do have quotes now.

[EdgeOfInfinity]

darn thought that was a light gray rather than light blue. nice set either way, i really enjoy the novelties!

[CookieFlow]

darn thought that was a light gray rather than light blue. nice set either way, i really enjoy the novelties!

I think a lot of people do think they are grey and might be surprised when they receive the set.
The renders (at least on my monitor) looks grey and not blue.

[yotasan]

i love all of it, especially those deskmats. im in.

[ttom]

I edited it to say 'blue-grey' as opposed to just blue. Rest assured, this has nothing to do with the renders which we've spent some time on making accurate to the colour. The comparison is also included so you'll have the best idea of what the set will turn out as in real life 

[mr_fro2000]

if the pics and renders are true to color, i'd say the mods look like a cooler-temperature grey.

can't wait for this set to run... all over it!

[EdgeOfInfinity]

I edited it to say 'blue-grey' as opposed to just blue. Rest assured, this has nothing to do with the renders which we've spent some time on making accurate to the colour. The comparison is also included so you'll have the best idea of what the set will turn out as in real life 

making me rethink everything lol. thanks for the info ttom!

[AzureBeastKing]

looks amazing will buy + deskmat

[ttom]

Small updates today:

- Keebstuff has made a cable in collaboration with GMK Fuji. For more information see here: https://www.keebstuff.com/en/c/cables/gmk-fuji-presale
- swagkeys.com will be Korean vendor for the set!
- Some edits to some legends in the base and novelties kits. Nothing very noticeable, but felt like saying here just in case.
- Added some renders on the Satisfaction 75! See below for those

[tsundeoku]

These are the first group buy deskmats to really get my attention. I'm in for a couple of them, at least.

[hottrout]

Beautiful, not normally my kind of set but I really like it.

[HappyB0T]

Thinks about putting fuji caps on fuji board. hmmm

[vladimir108]

Maybe would be interesting for somebody: GB for Fuji65 is live:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=108690.0;all
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechGroupBuys/comments/m0t383/gb_fuji65_march_8_march_15_2021/
... ONE WEEK only

[maxpower78]

Count me in!

[Qwapa]

Looks really good but on the katakana base the numbers and a few other keys seem very cramped so at this moment I will be getting the Latin base.

[anon_swe]

This is a very good point.  I hope this can be adjusted to be more "Japanese" looking please

As a Japanese, I do like the overall design of the set.
However, the "Pagoda" artisan is very Chinese-looking and it would be great if you could consider revising it.

[lewisflude]

I think this will be an instant classic

[vladimir108]

As a Japanese, I do like the overall design of the set.
However, the "Pagoda" artisan is very Chinese-looking and it would be great if you could consider revising it.

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[bliss]

That R4 `~ key (in both kits) looks really out of place. It's as if the ghoXTs of the paXT were trying to pull a faXT one on us... but were misled by A Particularly Poor Layout Entrée into doing evil things.

Love the look and Latin base set. It looks like you've gone for Apple/Mac OS ISO layout in the base? I've never seen this before, I think something less specific would be better.

This was something I thought a lot about in the kitting process. It's the most complete ISO layout I can make with 3 keycaps (that extra R1 keycap I'd include in katakana anyway with a different ISO setup, to mitigate duplicate legends). As long as you're not doing full UK ISO in base you're compromising with the support you do, and I prefer this setup much more to something like R4 >< and R3 |\. Besides, the International kit is there for a reason.

Apple UK ISO is an interesting route to take, I have never seen this before in a custom set.

 I enjoy the colorway very much!

[ttom]

Last couple days before GB now! Pricing from all vendors is now released, and I will put up a [GB] post over the next day or so.

[ttom]

Hi all - GB page is now pending approval and the GB is set to begin tomorrow 

[Bonta]

Oh man this is so nice, definitely buying, though such a painful decision to make for the international set for £50 when all I need are like 2 keycaps from that set 

Are there any render images with the pink Sakura spacebars on a keyboard?

[ttom]

Group buy thread is live: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=111695.0

Locking the topic now.