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Offline Altis

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Mixing Legend+Blank Keycaps
« on: Wed, 25 March 2015, 23:08:12 »
I don't seem to see this very often, but I actually think it looks pretty cool to have legends on the alphas only and the rest blank.

I was swapping my QFR (stock) and DAS blanks a while ago and snapped a photo midway. It might look better with different colour modifiers.

Anyone around here mix up legends and blanks? (not just single keys) It could be a nice alternative for those who like the blank/minimal look but like to accurately press alphas/numbers. The remaining keys really need no legends for any real purpose than looking complete.

(Excuse the abacus-quality photo... never intended on posting it)
((Looks better holding your hand over the numpad area leaving a TKL/70%))
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Offline Joey Quinn

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Re: Mixing Legend+Blank Keycaps
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 25 March 2015, 23:12:31 »
I'll be doing it on my next build but that's because I can't find a thick white cherry profile mod set with a font I like.
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Offline Ludovician

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Re: Mixing Legend+Blank Keycaps
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 25 March 2015, 23:14:10 »
I'm going to be doing something different when my blanks from Unicomp arrive, but it's a similar concept.
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Offline psyEDk

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Re: Mixing Legend+Blank Keycaps
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 26 March 2015, 08:20:36 »
Digging it! Looks really cool man. I've always been a fan of blank modifiers (ctrl/alt/etc) or at most ones with a symbol. Text just looks weird on them to me
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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Re: Mixing Legend+Blank Keycaps
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 26 March 2015, 10:31:15 »
I've done that a few times to make some impossible to complete sets useable. Like making sets from typewriters or other odd old layout boards to a modern keyboard. The dark blue legend dyesubs from TA/Royal typewriter looked really nice with the navy blue Leopold PBTs. Using blanks for the mods is the easiest path to finish it out to end up with something that looks decent and uniform.
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Offline animal

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Re: Mixing Legend+Blank Keycaps
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 26 March 2015, 13:56:24 »
I like it. And tbh that's somewhat what I had in mind for my K70. Black on black on the letters and the rest blank. A red escape and red on the F5-F8 and SysRq Scrl Lck and pause (all those also blank). And of course opaque caps which give a nice glow under the caps.
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Offline ctm

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Re: Mixing Legend+Blank Keycaps
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 26 March 2015, 16:16:54 »
My KBP V60 kind of look this way too. I got a few DSA ALPS caps from SP, which I believe are PBT and put them on my V60. Just want to try out how PBT feels like.
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Offline Art of Payce

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Re: Mixing Legend+Blank Keycaps
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 26 March 2015, 16:35:52 »
Yes, in my opinion, this is how keycaps should be done. In particular, even for a touch-typist, when your work flow includes long hotkey sequences or new hotkeys, it saves you from literally drawing a blank. Having alphanumeric legends are especially necessary for a wide pool of hotkeys that are used on an intermediate frequency. I'm neither a scribe nor gamer, but data entry folks and pure productivity workers (3 or more different platforms active at once) need this. I can't stand 100% blank keycaps; they're only perfect for hiding 1-function keys into the background of your field of view.
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