Got some kit updates. These aren't necessarily final, but are a huge improvement. Looking for feedback.
I hate being that guy, but... (Who are we kidding here? I love being that guy.)You have a minor error in the base kit regarding ISO support: you have an 1.25U Shift key (good), accent-colored ISO Enter key (fine, but do see below), R4
\| key (good) and R3
#~ (OOPS!). This is an all-too-common mistake in too many sets, an error I'd like to see disappear for good. Why?
When it comes to a national language, base kits start out with support for US ANSI. To add ISO support, the immediate choices are US ISO or UK ISO.
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US ISO support requires adding
4 keys: ISO Enter, R4 1.25U left Shift,
R3 \| and R4
\|.
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UK ISO support requires adding
8 keys: ISO Enter, R4 1.25U left Shift, R1
`¬, R1
2", R1
3£, R3
'@,
R3 #~ and R4
\|.
As it stands now, your set fully supports neither US ISO nor UK ISO, and therefore falls "in the middle of the pond" (something that has been called "Atlantis ISO").
The solution is pretty simple: replace the R3
#~ key with an R3
\| key — this will complete the US ISO support and keep unaltered the number of keys in the kit.
As per the ISO Enter key: ideally, all versions of a key that will be accented should have a mod-colored keycap and an accent-colored keycap present. In the base kit, you have a mod-colored and an accent-colored ANSI Enter key, and the same goes for the numpad Enter, Esc, Delta symbol and arrow keys... but there is only one ISO Enter, accent-colored.
This is entirely up to you as designer, of course, but I'd prefer to see the ISO Enter getting its two versions as well (and if it should be only one and not both, the mod-colored keycap should take precedence). IMNAAHO, YMMV, WDIKAA.
HTH!