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HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« on: Fri, 13 September 2013, 16:51:50 »
So EliteKeyboards is vociferous in proclaiming on its product page that you can't use the HHKB blank keycaps on a Realforce. I understand that a single set wouldn't provide enough keys (because there is no separate function row, etc), but if I bought two sets of blank HHKB keycaps, wouldn't that give me enough to fit every single key on a Realforce 87U? Or are some of the caps different sizes? What's the deal? I basically want to get all-blank black keycaps on an 87U.

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Re: HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 13 September 2013, 16:55:15 »
You wouldn't have the correct sized right shift
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Re: HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 13 September 2013, 17:11:28 »
What size is the right shift on an HHKB?
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Re: HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 13 September 2013, 17:20:50 »
1.75, I think
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Re: HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 01:30:18 »
Makes sense. I hadn't noticed the aberrant right-shift. So I guess it's pretty much impossible to get blank Realforce keycaps at the moment other than the limited selection of wacky colors currently sold by EK?
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Re: HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 03:45:50 »
Yeah, right Shift on HHKB 2 is about 1.75x.

A lot narrower than left Shift.
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Re: HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 11:19:33 »
There's a lot of people who rather have the white/gray set than the black/black set of keycaps that came with their black Realforce.  Why don't you try listing a trade in the "classifieds" forum?
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Re: HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 14 September 2013, 13:01:44 »
Quote from: therecorder on Sat, 14 September 2013, 11:19:33
There's a lot of people who rather have the white/gray set than the black/black set of keycaps that came with their black Realforce.  Why don't you try listing a trade in the "classifieds" forum?

A fine suggestion, except that I currently have the black/black set and would prefer blanks (either black or the kind of white/grey combo that are available for RF).
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Re: HHKB keycaps on a Realforce?
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 17 September 2013, 15:07:42 »
The delete/backspace key is smaller too.
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