I like that this will be a more affordable similar-ish scheme to
Nord. Very interested in the small compat kit. May I recommend dropping both gold/blue R4 1u shifts and both gold/blue R3 1.5u Fn keys. You already offer plenty of accents in red and tan that the gold not only clashes with, but potentially increases the price of the small compat kit because of additional colors (not sure if that is a concern though for this manuf). The kit still needs 1u shift though, so perhaps offer it in tan/blue?
Anyways, GL with IC!
You mean dropping the accents of r4 1U shift and r3 1.5u Fn? only the accent not the regular one? What about the tab and the backspace?
I mean for the 40s compat is the accent on ESC and enter enough? To be honest i've replicated the accent to the whole kit to match the possibility offered by the accent kit; but does it make really sense? I don't know i use only 60% and TKL :/
Opinion from 40 people appreciated here
I highly recommend popping by the 40s discord for a minute to get advice from more than just myself then. We are a diverse lot.
What I can tell you is that your kit looks a bit bloated to me. Generally, 40s kits offer one accent, if any at all. But since this is EPBT and not GMK, there’s usually more flex room.
I would also drop the 1.75u spacebar as I’m not sure there are any 40% layouts which use only one; there are a couple which use two, but they aren’t very popular. I would also drop the 3u as I don’t know what uses that. Further, I would add a second 2u spacebar because the 2x2u layout on ortho is fairly popular.
Personally, I think you could drop all of the red accents from the 40s kit and just go with tan accents. But that’s just me!