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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: feyd on Sun, 28 April 2013, 12:32:50

Title: [Question] Drawing custom keycaps
Post by: feyd on Sun, 28 April 2013, 12:32:50

Hi everyone!

I was asking how to mod my keyboard, I need wirte in 3 alphabets, and I wonder how can I drawn characters in my keycaps to look like a comercial keyboard and not like a homemade.

What technics can you recomend me? Stencil?

Title: Re: [Question] Drawing custom keycaps
Post by: BlueBär on Sun, 28 April 2013, 12:38:48

Stencil will probably not be your best option, I highly doubt that the letters will come out very clean (or even readable if you're not very careful). An idea might be to buy keyboard stickers and cut out the letters. This will be the same amount of work since you would have to do the same for a stencil.

Also you could always get custom keycaps from WASD Keyboards but that is of course a lot more expensive.

Title: Re: [Question] Drawing custom keycaps
Post by: E TwentyNine on Sun, 28 April 2013, 14:24:25

What alphabets?  Could be as simple as getting keyboard stickers (clear background) and put one on the top and one on the side of each key.

Title: Re: [Question] Drawing custom keycaps
Post by: TotalChaos on Tue, 30 April 2013, 04:35:02

Quote from: feyd on Sun, 28 April 2013, 12:32:50

What technics can you recomend me?

Design your keycaps in your gfx software on your computer and upload them to WASDkeyboards.com custom keyboard designer.

This option requires using a Cherry MX switch compatible keyboard.

Title: Re: [Question] Drawing custom keycaps
Post by: keymaster on Tue, 30 April 2013, 07:30:34

I believe litster (http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;u=9798) is the resident rare keycap designer. Contact him for life-changing advice.