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Title: which keycaps are best suited for customizing a Leopold FC700R?
Post by: phantaxo on Wed, 25 October 2017, 17:07:13

sup,

i was wondering which keycaps are best suited for customizing a Leopold FC700R. I know there are original Leopold Keycap-Sets to buy but they usually come in common colors such as dark blue, white or black. but i often see pictures of people using keycaps in colors such as red/pink/green/light blue etc

which keycaps would you guys recommend for customizing purposes on a leopold fc700R? leopold's have their own low leopold profile and are PBT keycaps so i'm afraid OEM profile double shot keycaps won't do it, will they?

thanks for any ideas

Title: Re: which keycaps are best suited for customizing a Leopold FC700R?
Post by: dante on Wed, 25 October 2017, 20:08:26

You may need to stick with the original space bars that came with those keysets.  The FC700R uses unique space bar stem spacing.

Title: Re: which keycaps are best suited for customizing a Leopold FC700R?
Post by: phantaxo on Thu, 26 October 2017, 04:16:41

thanks for your reply! i dont mind leaving the spacebar as it is. i dont want to replace all keys anyway. i was thinking more about replacing a few.

Title: Re: which keycaps are best suited for customizing a Leopold FC700R?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 26 October 2017, 05:16:49

Quote from: phantaxo on Thu, 26 October 2017, 04:16:41

thanks for your reply! i dont mind leaving the spacebar as it is. i dont want to replace all keys anyway. i was thinking more about replacing a few.

Why only a few?? What purpose does that serve? Just curious.

I find the stock thick pbt side print leopold caps to be great.

And to answer part of your OP you typically don't want to mix profiles.

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Title: Re: which keycaps are best suited for customizing a Leopold FC700R?
Post by: ninjacore on Wed, 29 November 2017, 22:04:06

“Step sculpture”, I believe, is the name of the profile. It’s very close to cherry. I think Varmillo boards have the same stock profile. I purchased a number of different leopold and varmillo colored sets to mix in w the stock set.  You are indeed limited color-wise, though. I’ve found white, Black, navy, gray, and mint.