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Title: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: C5Allroad on Sat, 02 December 2017, 16:40:02: Just ordered a e element z88(impulse buy) and I'm really not a fan of the stock keycap font. I can't seem to find anything that has a 1.5(I think is correct size), anywhere I can custom order something?

Keyboard in question https://www.amazon.com/Element-Mechanical-Keyboard-Waterproof-Anti-Ghosting/dp/B01FXF7HFC

I saw this massdrop https://www.massdrop.com/buy/tada68-aluminum-mechanical-keyboard and that shift size is wonky too. Ideally I'd want a white pbt set.
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: Tactile on Sat, 02 December 2017, 16:59:15: [EDIT]Sorry, I typed too fast. it doesn't look like your 1.5 rshift is there.[/EDIT]

You can do it with the Ice Cap set + the Alternate kit (https://pimpmykeyboard.com/sa-ice-cap-keyset/). These are very nice keycaps, BTW.
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: C5Allroad on Sat, 02 December 2017, 17:19:36: Thanks for the link. The search continues for a 1.5u shift key.
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: desal on Sat, 02 December 2017, 20:30:13: Look like a 1.75u to me, and that's what i'd expect given the rest of the layout which looks more or less standard left of right shift.
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: C5Allroad on Mon, 04 December 2017, 18:11:53: Quote from: desal on Sat, 02 December 2017, 20:30:13
Look like a 1.75u to me, and that's what i'd expect given the rest of the layout which looks more or less standard left of right shift.

It's the same size as the backslash key. :/ This is going to be interesting cause the stock caps aren't that bad but they're not great. Thankfully they're not smooth.
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: enero30 on Mon, 04 December 2017, 21:30:23: Have you checked out WASD? Their not the best, but they’ll have what you need if you’re looking for OEM keycaps. You can have anything printed on it. I had to do this for my Drevo Excalibur which has a 1.75 right shift key.

http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/printed-keycap-singles/custom-text-cherry-mx-keycaps.html
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: C5Allroad on Tue, 05 December 2017, 14:05:25: I think what I'm going to do is get a set of pbts, and then I'm going to use one of the 1.5u keys from the first row on the shift key. Thanks for the help guys
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: xondat on Tue, 05 December 2017, 14:13:49: Tada68 has a 1.75u shift?
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: C5Allroad on Tue, 05 December 2017, 20:24:05: Quote from: xondat on Tue, 05 December 2017, 14:13:49
Tada68 has a 1.75u shift?

From what I can see it does.
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: OfTheWild on Thu, 07 December 2017, 02:11:33: you could always make a custom one if you really needed: http://www.maxkeyboard.com/custom-art-icon-or-text-cherry-mx-keycaps.html
Title: Re: Where to find 1.5x right shift key?
Post by: xondat on Thu, 07 December 2017, 02:20:36: Quote from: C5Allroad on Tue, 05 December 2017, 20:24:05
Quote from: xondat on Tue, 05 December 2017, 14:13:49
Tada68 has a 1.75u shift?

From what I can see it does.

Ohh... My bad.

I clicked on the wrong link.

GMK don't have the mold (or at least no one uses it), not sure about other common profiles.