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Title: Help! Lower Case Keycaps
Post by: schoeps on Fri, 12 December 2014, 04:38:02
Hi  ;D

Looking to buy some PBT (if possible) keycaps for my Poker II with the letters all being in lower case...

Any help would be much appreciated! (shipping to RSA or the UK)  :thumb:
Title: Re: Help! Lower Case Keycaps
Post by: Puddsy on Fri, 12 December 2014, 13:00:25
I believe there's an ergonomic reason why most sets are uppercase. It's easier to recognize capital letters.

If you've seen one that's lowercase, I'd love to see the picture. Might look cool.
Title: Re: Help! Lower Case Keycaps
Post by: tigersharkdude on Fri, 12 December 2014, 13:08:41
^^what he said. I'm completely  deaf and require closed captioning on TV. 99% of CC are in all capitals, lower case CC is a PITA to read quickly
Title: Re: Help! Lower Case Keycaps
Post by: Puddsy on Fri, 12 December 2014, 13:11:02
^^what he said. I'm completely  deaf and require closed captioning on TV. 99% of CC are in all capitals, lower case CC is a PITA to read quickly

Wait, you're deaf?

I guess being on a forum you don't really get to learn this stuff, but that's super interesting in its own right.

But yeah, road signs are in all caps too, at least in the US.
Title: Re: Help! Lower Case Keycaps
Post by: tigersharkdude on Fri, 12 December 2014, 13:15:38
^^what he said. I'm completely  deaf and require closed captioning on TV. 99% of CC are in all capitals, lower case CC is a PITA to read quickly

Wait, you're deaf?

I guess being on a forum you don't really get to learn this stuff, but that's super interesting in its own right.

But yeah, road signs are in all caps too, at least in the US.

Yup, lost my hearing due to a neurological disorder I have.
Title: Re: Help! Lower Case Keycaps
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 12 December 2014, 13:27:21
I believe there was a Cherry G81 with that, but I don't know the correct model code. Looks just like this G83 version...
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTUxWDE2MDA=/z/W4kAAMXQfFJRSETo/$T2eC16h,!zcE9s4g4wQgBRSEToELC!~~60_57.JPG)
Happy hunting.
Title: Re: Help! Lower Case Keycaps
Post by: schoeps on Wed, 17 December 2014, 13:54:54
thanks for the replies - the search continues I guess! Not in any sort of rush...more an aesthetic than a functional choice in the end

PS: my Poker II just arrived and I must say I am most definitely enjoying the feeling  :p :thumb: