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Title: Black on black centered keycaps?
Post by: Topsifu on Tue, 21 January 2014, 23:03:33
To explain more, I've been looking for PBT or doubleshot black on black keys with centered and/or large font text. Is there something out there like that our there? Preferably something under $80. Thanks!
Title: Re: Black on black centered keycaps?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 21 January 2014, 23:32:58
Doubleshot black on black would be a bit pointless - you wouldn't be able to see the legends.

OTOH we said that doubleshot blanks were also pointless, and now they are available!
Title: Re: Black on black centered keycaps?
Post by: Oobly on Wed, 22 January 2014, 07:46:20
Ivan is running a Group Buy for Black on Black and blank PBT caps: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50935.0

They are not centred, but the font is a decent size and you're not going to find better quality caps! :D
Title: Re: Black on black centered keycaps?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 22 January 2014, 15:12:32
Ivan is running a Group Buy for Black on Black and blank PBT caps: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50935.0

They are not centred, but the font is a decent size and you're not going to find better quality caps! :D

Someone else asked this recently, and that GB was linked, but those are not actually black, merely dark gray.
Title: Re: Black on black centered keycaps?
Post by: Oobly on Thu, 23 January 2014, 02:51:00
From the horses mouth, so to speak:

"All the sets will be same black. See the Realforce black on black, it will be just like it."

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50935.msg1142185#msg1142185

Ah, crap... gonna cancel my order there then.. It's "process black", basically a very dark grey so they can dyesub black legends on and still have them visible.

I feel robbed.
Title: Re: Black on black centered keycaps?
Post by: tbc on Thu, 23 January 2014, 02:55:18
it's still as close as we're going to get...legend lovers make things so hard -_-.