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Title: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter | 40% Layout updated
Post by: York Chan on Thu, 02 April 2026, 05:21:21
PBS-Kids Typewriter
(https://i.imgur.com/XXuHIdK.jpeg)

IC form (https://forms.gle/TvUFQeRFVYWq3xMT9)
- Please help me to fill out this form and provide any feedback that you have, super thank you :thumb:
- If you are interested in being a vendor, please contact me on Discord.



Inspiration

(https://i.imgur.com/29YfsWZ.png)(https://i.imgur.com/Cfg7v30.jpeg)

This kids typewriter is inspired by the French retro film Populaire — a romantic masterpiece featuring 1950s French aesthetics and competitive typing. We took design cues from the Hermès typewriter with ten-finger ergonomic zone painting in the film, transforming the elegant ritual of vintage typewriters into a lightweight, child-friendly form.



Info

Manufacturer: keyreative
Material: PBT
Production Method: Dye-sub
Profile: PBS



Sample

TBD


Renders

(https://i.imgur.com/jkJ1fuO.jpeg)(https://i.imgur.com/IrVWDXc.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/4tELt4e.jpeg)(https://i.imgur.com/hmuwNJy.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xKYTniN.jpeg)(https://i.imgur.com/MKUm78T.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/m2XBYDM.jpeg)(https://i.imgur.com/pZH52Qo.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/uBAop95.jpeg)(https://i.imgur.com/n4m4hOj.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xt9GVzZ.jpeg)


Kitting

(https://i.imgur.com/pZ84FOJ.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Tcz1wkZ.jpeg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FBK8t6j.jpeg)


Updates
2026/04/07: Removed some scrooped keys for 40% layout;
Added a compatibility key for digital line misalignment;


Vendors

TBD


Contact


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Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: York Chan on Thu, 02 April 2026, 05:22:15
To be update
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: Gemmmmmmmmmmmmmy on Thu, 02 April 2026, 05:28:54
rip dcs sgw  :'( :'(
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: York Chan on Thu, 02 April 2026, 05:34:36
Quote from: Gemmmmmmmmmmmmmy on Thu, 02 April 2026, 05:28:54
rip dcs sgw  :'( :'(
Relax, I'll remember. Once the model and font are confirmed, I'll add it to the queue in time. :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: Faraday on Thu, 02 April 2026, 16:08:13
Looked good on the DCS clone profile, but not PBS
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: York Chan on Thu, 02 April 2026, 16:42:53
Quote from: Faraday on Thu, 02 April 2026, 16:08:13
Looked good on the DCS clone profile, but not PBS
Once the appearance and font are completely confirmed, I will present it immediately. :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: dvorcol on Thu, 02 April 2026, 19:26:16
You could remove the alternate home keys from the 40% kit. This color pattern only works with the QWERTY layout.

(https://i.postimg.cc/nL0CMJSy/PBSkids-Typewriter-Forty.png)
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: KeyMaze on Fri, 03 April 2026, 02:40:49
Looks nice
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: York Chan on Fri, 03 April 2026, 03:27:55
Quote from: dvorcol on Thu, 02 April 2026, 19:26:16
You could remove the alternate home keys from the 40% kit. This color pattern only works with the QWERTY layout.

Show Image
(https://i.postimg.cc/nL0CMJSy/PBSkids-Typewriter-Forty.png)

Could you please provide me with some alternative imges? Since I have very little knowledge about the 40 layout, but I would be more than happy to adjust them. :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 03 April 2026, 04:56:18
Nice. Reminds me of charts for teaching touch-typing:
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Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: quaks on Fri, 03 April 2026, 14:04:12
I wish we had doubleshot pbs
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: dvorcol on Fri, 03 April 2026, 18:50:15
Quote from: York Chan on Fri, 03 April 2026, 03:27:55
Quote from: dvorcol on Thu, 02 April 2026, 19:26:16
You could remove the alternate home keys from the 40% kit. This color pattern only works with the QWERTY layout.

Show Image
(https://i.postimg.cc/nL0CMJSy/PBSkids-Typewriter-Forty.png)

Could you please provide me with some alternative imges? Since I have very little knowledge about the 40 layout, but I would be more than happy to adjust them. :thumb:

Sorry I didn't explain better. I'm just suggesting a way to slightly reduce the price of the 40% kit.

Uniform profile sets like PBS and DSA only need 6 extra keys to support alternative layouts like Dvorak and Colemak. It's common for PBS 40% sets to have them: non-homing F & J plus homing H, U, N, and T. As a Dvorak user I usually request adding these six keycaps to PBS 65% and 100% kits too, but it doesn't work when there is a color pattern in the alphas.

(https://i.postimg.cc/8kpg5H19/Dvorak-Colemak-v3.png)

Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: dvorcol on Fri, 03 April 2026, 21:22:57
Regarding the color pattern in the 40% kit, I recommend adjusting the numrow colors. Because finger movement on orthorlinear and column-staggered keyboards is straight up and down.

Most row-staggered 40s keyboards don't have a numrow, but the V4N4G0N has a partial one. Maybe take a pole to see if there is any interest in numkeys for small row-staggered boards?

Any thoughts from 40s users?

(https://i.postimg.cc/hGz0DNY2/QWERTY-interest.png)
Title: Re: [IC]PBS-Kids Typewriter
Post by: York Chan on Tue, 07 April 2026, 00:43:40
Quote from: dvorcol on Fri, 03 April 2026, 21:22:57
Regarding the color pattern in the 40% kit, I recommend adjusting the numrow colors. Because finger movement on orthorlinear and column-staggered keyboards is straight up and down.

Most row-staggered 40s keyboards don't have a numrow, but the V4N4G0N has a partial one. Maybe take a pole to see if there is any interest in numkeys for small row-staggered boards?

Any thoughts from 40s users?

Show Image
(https://i.postimg.cc/hGz0DNY2/QWERTY-interest.png)


I have updated the 40s layout according to this idea, and I think it is excellent. Thanks:thumb: