[IC] DSS Carpinteria | IC Post Revamped | Further Updates Soon!

[acitrin]

DSS Carpinteria
Inspired by (and adapted from) a sunset over Carpinteria, CA

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Renders


Paragon by Artemis Design Studios


Candybar by The Key Company



J-01 by Jae @ Prototypist Keyboards


Kits
Major kitting changes coming soon

Base Kit


40s/Ortho Kit


Accent Kit

As SP does not offer split spacebars in the DSS profile, DSA blanks are offered as an alternative.


Deskmats, Collaborations, and More

Coming soon!


Colors

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Alphas	RAL 5003
Alpha Legends	RAL 1034
Mods	RAL 7021
Mod Legends	RAL 1034
Accent	RAL 1034
Accent Legends	RAL 7021

About DSS Profile
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DSS profile was created by Comptec Inc (now known as Signature Plastics) to fit the universal keycap standards introduced in the mid-80s. Fading out of the spotlight shortly after in favor of its uniform brother DSA, DSS was considered lost to history until its reintroduction in the late 2010s.

Featuring a spherical top (similar to DSA), DSS is sculpted profile, much like the Cherry and SA profiles in that regard. Made from ABS plastic, DSS offers a unique typing experience. If you’ve ever wished that your DSA keycaps were sculpted, your GMK keycaps were spherical, or you just want to try something new… DSS may be right for you.

DSS Carpinteria uses a 1-1-2-3-4-3 sculpt.

To compare DSS to your favorite keycap profiles, check out Keycaps.info

Further Reading:
SP’s DSS Spec Sheet
SP’s History of Keycap Families

Vendors

• United States: 3DKeebs →
• Canada: AlphaKeys →
• Europe: MyKeyboard →
• United Kingdom: Prototypist →
• Latin America: Fancy Customs →
• Southeast Asia: iLumKB →
• India: Rectangles →
• Philippines: Zion Studios →
• China: zFrontier →
• Rest of World: zFrontier →

Pricing

	MOQ	US	CA	EU	UK	LA	SEA	IN	PH	CN	RoW
Base Kit	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
40s/Ortho Kit	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Accent Kit	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Dates coming soon


Thanks to

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• Vala (founder of Vala Supply) who -- even though he isn’t running this set -- was an invaluable source of feedback and encouragement. From those early days in which I was using hex codes picked from a photo… up until now… thank you for all you did to help make this set a reality.
• Spoopysaurus who told me that this was even possible and reacted with the best possible nitro emotes to my scuffed DIY renders… even at 3AM. I :kyuclap: to you, my friend!
• Liz (Lizcuits on Twitch and the designer of KAT PBJ) for these amazing renders and wonderful conversation… and figuring out how to make such perfect renders from the models I was able to find. Even though I know you’ll never be happy with these renders… please know that I am.
• Alas (co-founder of CBKBD) for introducing me to DSS in the first place… as well as helping out with the kitting. That CODE key in the forties kit is all her!
• NoPunIn10Did for all the kitting help and the color help... literally overhauling what I had before. Thanks for your help with that -- this set would not be affordable without you.
• Mike (founder of AlphaKeys) for giving me such a rewarding job at the site and agreeing to run this design. It’s been wonderful working with you at AlphaKeys these past few months.
• Davis (founder of 3DKeebs) for letting me focus-group Carpinteria in her server… even back when it was just a Dakota Felder render with some hex codes. Thank you for believing in that set and agreeing to run it. You're an amazing person and I've loved working with you and being a mod in your server.

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[acitrin]

Updates

2/3/2021	IC Posted
2/9/2021	Vendor List Updated
2/16/2021	Added Prototypist for UK, working on securing a GB date with vendors
2/22/2021	Working on revised renders and reformatted some parts of the IC
2/26/2021	Entirely revamped the IC post, added banner by Vala. I'm still working on new renders and kitting, which will be released soon. A GB date is also in the works!

[LittleAad]

Looks nice! GLWIC

[logo4poop]

Acitrin is a good dude, support DSS Carpinteria 

[BirgusLatro]

Renders look great.  Cool Set!  Curious how much that base set will cost ...

[dirtegg]

nice. gimme gimme.

[bthezebra]

Classy Set 

[cptblack]

Interesting...any renders with the accent kit?

[Zanhana]

lovely

1.5 Sys key in base please

[catamscott]

cute set! r3 control (stepped or not) would be nice to also have in base, otherwise kitting looks good.

[powwu]

awesome! love to see you moving up in the keeb game. GLWIC

Now give me F13

[hottrout]

Interested, great colours and the DSS profile make this a nice set for the right board.

[machine yearning]

Love to see more DSS! Profile of the future.

R3 1.75 bottom row FN probably doesn't need inclusion in the 40s kit as the 12.75u peeps have basically moved beyond that layout at this point (even Evan himself no longer uses it).

[Kokaloo]

in a few months time DSS lead times will start to look like SA

[Zanhana]

I forgot to mention: please also include 1.5u shift in the 40s kit, and 1.5u Function in either base or 40s

[Luciqueii]

How thick are these DSS keycaps?

[Wiknot]

Nice looking set, really like the colors!

[AshF]

This looks AMAZING# Love the look of this set, excellent work
Ps. Please keep the UK ISO through the IC GB

[acitrin]

Looks nice! GLWIC

Thanks! Same to you... whenever you post yours

Renders look great.  Cool Set!  Curious how much that base set will cost ...

I appreciate that! We're aiming for a relatively affordable base kit... definitely less than a GMK set with the same contents

Classy Set 

Classy comment

Acitrin is a good dude, support DSS Carpinteria 

Thanks, logo! You're a good dude too

Interesting...any renders with the accent kit?

I sent a DM to Liz (the renderer) and she's working on it!

nice. gimme gimme.

Thanks + will do

[acitrin]

lovely

1.5 Sys key in base please

Please drop that in the IC form so I have all kitting feedback in one place!

Love to see more DSS! Profile of the future.

R3 1.75 bottom row FN probably doesn't need inclusion in the 40s kit as the 12.75u peeps have basically moved beyond that layout at this point (even Evan himself no longer uses it).

Yes, in a future kit render, we're cutting that FN key, allowing a LOCK (substituting for CAPS LOCK) to take its place.

awesome! love to see you moving up in the keep game. GLWIC

Now give me F13

Aww, thanks Powwu! And, yes, F13 is coming.

I forgot to mention: please also include 1.5u shift in the 40s kit, and 1.5u Function in either base or 40s

1.5u shift -- will add
1.5u function -- what do you need it for?

Interested, great colours and the DSS profile make this a nice set for the right board.

Thanks for your support!

This looks AMAZING# Love the look of this set, excellent work
Ps. Please keep the UK ISO through the IC GB

Thank you too! I totally appreciate that support. I plan to keep UK ISO in base at this time

in a few months time DSS lead times will start to look like SA

I hope not!

cute set! r3 control (stepped or not) would be nice to also have in base, otherwise kitting looks good.

Thanks! Yeah, the R3 CONTROL was cut to keep kit prices down, but with the CAPS LOCK key swapping to LOCK, it should be less of a problem imo.

Nice looking set, really like the colors!

Wow, thank you! Happy you like it!

How thick are these DSS keycaps?

Actually, surprisingly thick! I don't have exact measurements... but I was impressed with them

[tunb]

Looks nice

[yui]

the color way is nice and inoffensive, but to be honest the dss is rather interesting to me, as i like spherical and sculpted and that both KAT and SA are rather high, depending on the price i may jump on it.

[harlekein]

I don't like when kits are modelled to GMK kitting when it's not necessary.

[piit79]

Looks very nice! I need a DSS set in my life

Any chance of accented Esc/1u Enter in the 40s/Ortho kit?

[VXQN]

I don't like when kits are modelled to GMK kitting when it's not necessary.

I agree. To elaborate, the alphas and mods should be split, that way 40s users don't have to get the full-size mods. Please see the PimpMyKeyboard DSS Tecla shop page as an example of how kits could/should be split.

[yui]

I don't like when kits are modelled to GMK kitting when it's not necessary.

I agree. To elaborate, the alphas and mods should be split, that way 40s users don't have to get the full-size mods. Please see the PimpMyKeyboard DSS Tecla shop page as an example of how kits could/should be split.

that also implies higher prices for everyone else, but then most peoples can't seem to care about others anyhow

[NoPunIn10Did]

I don't like when kits are modelled to GMK kitting when it's not necessary.

From experience, doing a la carte kitting is indeed possible with SP-produced sets, but certain types of keys scale very poorly costwise without a high MOQ.

[harlekein]

that also implies higher prices for everyone else, but then most peoples can't seem to care about others anyhow

So you are for the ortho/40s keys to be included in base kit? That would be a good solution as well.

[Luciqueii]

How thick are these DSS keycaps?

Actually, surprisingly thick! I don't have exact measurements... but I was impressed with them
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Let me know exact measurements once you have it. "surprisingly thick" can be anything. (:

[NoPunIn10Did]

that also implies higher prices for everyone else, but then most peoples can't seem to care about others anyhow

So you are for the ortho/40s keys to be included in base kit? That would be a good solution as well.

That can indeed be cost-effective, which is why DSS Late Harvest takes that approach.  However, I think this set is (1) aiming at a lower MOQ and (2) using a larger amount of non-stock-color plastic, so that might not work as well here.

Each designer has different target price points and audiences, and DSS is such a wild card at this point that it probably benefits the community to try a lot of different kitting schemes.

[Surefoot]

Cute colors, and DSS profile, that's definitely a must buy
For whoever doesnt know about this profile: the key tops are textured like DSA.

[azulyf]

Have been waiting for a good look DSS set for so loooooong

[davisthegreat]

How thick are these DSS keycaps?

Actually, surprisingly thick! I don't have exact measurements... but I was impressed with them

Let me know exact measurements once you have it. "surprisingly thick" can be anything. (:
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Google Does wonders. DSS is the same thickness as DSA which is .040"

[yui]

that also implies higher prices for everyone else, but then most peoples can't seem to care about others anyhow

So you are for the ortho/40s keys to be included in base kit? That would be a good solution as well.

i am for the solution that means the most peoples pay the least, it is why although i am an ISO user i never fight to have iso included in the base, but as a kit, i will not fight to get it removed from base either to be fair. so if having those keys in the base does not increase price by much and makes more peoples happy then yeah that is a rather good solution but if it add 25% to the price for 2 peoples to be happy, then nah mate.
(and i would say the same for ISO support, or any "non standards" features, even though ISO is far more standard than ANSI)

[Zanhana]

DSS is the same thickness as DSA which is .040"

= barely over 1mm, which is not really thick by keycap standards (1.5-1.6mm being fairly standard)

[acitrin]

that also implies higher prices for everyone else, but then most peoples can't seem to care about others anyhow

So you are for the ortho/40s keys to be included in base kit? That would be a good solution as well.

That can indeed be cost-effective, which is why DSS Late Harvest takes that approach.  However, I think this set is (1) aiming at a lower MOQ and (2) using a larger amount of non-stock-color plastic, so that might not work as well here.

Each designer has different target price points and audiences, and DSS is such a wild card at this point that it probably benefits the community to try a lot of different kitting schemes.

Thanks, NoPun, for stepping in here! I've been debating how best to cover 40s layouts... and I think that my "GMK Style" kitting allows me to successfully cover a large amount of people with as few keys as possible. That being said, I'm open to feedback on my kitting.

If you check my changelog post under a "more" button, you'll see some pending changes that cut keys, both in base and in the 40s kit, without cutting support. If you have any suggestions on how to cover 40s better (without raising the price astronomically), please let me know and I will add it to the list!

Thanks for your support!

[c0d3r]

Really like the colors, this is a must have set, so shut up, take my money ,  When will be a GB?

[acitrin]

Really like the colors, this is a must have set, so shut up, take my money ,  When will be a GB?

I’m hoping to bring this to GB some time in Q2 2021!

[hyprobe]

PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!!

[thicthock]

Really love the colorway

[acitrin]

PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!!

I’m doing my best to make this happen ... hopefully soon and at a reasonable price point!


Thanks for your support!

[zionsped]

Classy set! Good job, brother!

[acitrin]

Classy set! Good job, brother!

Thank you, my friend! : )

[treeleaf64]

DSS is the same thickness as DSA which is .040"

= barely over 1mm, which is not really thick by keycap standards (1.5-1.6mm being fairly standard)

Some may complain. It feels better once you have good switches because you can feel it more. So you feel the goodness when you have good switches.

[Reebes]

I really really love the colours and the style. My buy really depends on the price of the set. I’ve never tried DSA or DSS so I don’t think I’m comfortable dropping as much on this as I would on a cherry profile set. Will be watching this tho!

[This_Neon]

Set looks great mate

[Engedi_]

Love the colors. I always thought dark navy and black is a great combination. Add a contrasting yellow. Boom!
Which reminds me. I'm sad I didn't join the GMK Thinkcap GB.

[acitrin]

Hey everyone!

Thank you so much for supporting my set so far... it's been wonderful to see how much you love this.

Quick update re: the vendor list:

I've added Fancy Customs for Latin America, iLumkb for SEA, and Rectangles.store for India. I'm hoping to bring this keyset to a wide variety of markets at an affordable price.

As before, I am truly impressed with how supportive you've been. Thank you, seriously.

We're also trying to fit a GB into Q2 2021!

[Galakc]

The colors blend beautifully and would look absolutely amazing on my board. I'm in!

[acitrin]

Hey everyone!

Just a couple quick updates today:

1. I just added Prototypist as a UK vendor. Now, we have vendors covering:

United States, Canada, Europe, United Kingdom, Oceania, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India, Philippines, and China.

If there's any regions that aren't covered, please let me know and I'll try to add a vendor!

2. I'm still working on some kitting refinements coming soon!

3. I'm discussing pricing and potential GB dates with my vendors right now. Expect some updates on that soon!

Thank you, again, for your support!

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