[IC] ePBT Inkdrop ✒️

[SxM Designs]

"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with"-Marty Feldman

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(I would be really grateful if you could spend a couple of minutes to give us some feedback.)

INTRODUCTION

Inspired by Textualis or Textura style of calligraphy, inks and pens.
The project revolves around hand drawn, fully custom "Old English" / "Textura"/ "Gothic"  style of fonts and super clean modifiers in warm whites and blacks. 

For updates to our current projects and future ones, please join our discord and follow us over Instagram at the links below.

 

   

KITS

Lowercase Alphas                                                     Uppercase Alphas Kit

Modifiers : Ink                                                        Modifiers : Royal 

40s Modifiers : Ink                                                     40s Modifiers : Royal

Novelties : Ink                                                           Novelties : Royal Kit

International : Lowercase Alphas                                        International : Uppercase  Alphas

Media & Macro : Ink                                                Media & Macro : Royal  Alphas

Spacebars                                                Numpads

DESKMATS

Coming Soon!!

RENDERS

Disclaimer : The keyboards are for visual purposes and are not included in the set.

Dalco 956 by Hand Engineering

Fuji65 by CMM Studios

IKKI Aurora by Wuque Studios

Nemui by Bachoo

Ogr by Alchemist Keyboards

VENDORS

Soon                 

   GB Date : 2022

COLLABORATIONS

I am already in talks with a few artisan / cable makers. If you are interested feel free to contact me.

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THANKS

Special thanks to Finite, Hoang, Sushii, Pnut and a lot of others for helping and supporting me through this!

[SxM Designs]

Reserved!

[Ella]

Yep, looks like a keycap set

[of_sam]

I too like money.

[SxM Designs]

Yep, looks like a keycap set

Yeah I would say so as well!

[hali]

any reason why the norde kits aren't standalone alpha replacements

[AshF]

Nice set. Not 100% on the font...maybe it could grow on me....

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[SxM Designs]

any reason why the norde kits aren't standalone alpha replacements

No reason to be honest. Its just the traditional way of kiting.
I do like your idea. Please leave a feedback. If a lot of people want it we can turn the Nordeuk into a standalone set.

[jagger27]

sure, why not

[Zanhana]

images borked

[NovaRMK]

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Sir that could damage the pcb

[SxM Designs]

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Sir that could damage the pcb

Not could. It did   :'(

[LittleAad]

Images dont seem to be loading for me...

Edit: mayhaps its just my internet

[AstralYT]

Ah yes EPBT San Andreas

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[SxM Designs]

Images dont seem to be loading for me...

Edit: mayhaps its just my internet

Does it load now?
Could also be a server issue.

[eg0t1st1k4l]

your epbt renders are in OEM.
you also seem to be missing proper kitting renders.

for someone who has put five sets through IC, and ran two of them, I don't appreciate these mistakes, shortcuts, and low effort sets.
do better.

[nvh2092]

your epbt renders are in OEM.
you also seem to be missing proper kitting renders.

for someone who has put five sets through IC, and ran two of them, I don't appreciate these mistakes, shortcuts, and low effort sets.
do better.

About missing kit renders, probably the designers are waiting for all feedback before making all neccessary renders. Gmk Zen Pond is on gb atm if you care. Also I don't see the "low effort" here, care to back that argument?

[santela]

Hmm, I like the design by itself, but feels like could be out of place on most modern design keyboards.

[denibhoxha]

really brah

[SxM Designs]

Images dont seem to be loading for me...

Edit: mayhaps its just my internet

Thanks for bringing this to my notice. Some people in my discord were also complaining about having the images not loading.
I changed all the render to the imgur server. Please have a look and check if you still have the issues.

[ravenousrhino]

I like it but when is it going into production? Wouldn't all the monks be hungover because of Octoberfest?

[SxM Designs]

I like it but when is it going into production? Wouldn't all the monks be hungover because of Octoberfest?

Oktoberfest was cancelled this year! So no risks whatsoever 

[ggggggg]

I'm sure you've tried different variations but I feel the mods are too inconsistent. Alt and Menu follow the same stroke logic, whereas you'd have to rotate your fountain pen halfway to achieve the Control shape. Redesigning tons of icons is hard so I don't fault you for that. Maybe consider text mods.

[SxM Designs]

I'm sure you've tried different variations but I feel the mods are too inconsistent. Alt and Menu follow the same stroke logic, whereas you'd have to rotate your fountain pen halfway to achieve the Control shape. Redesigning tons of icons is hard so I don't fault you for that. Maybe consider text mods.

We tried the same stoke direction for all mods and it did not look good enough. The stroke width is same all across but stroke direction are changed in some mods to make it look more balanced.
Actually, we started with text mods. It was way way too busy (specially for upper cases) and in the end it just looked weird and out of place. Another thing was sizing them according to the alphas which made them essentially too big/ look more cluttered.
I hope I could explain it.

However, if you are still unsure and since this is an IC and not a finished product we can still make changes. Please reach out via the feedback form/ directly in our discord.

Thanks for the kind words! Really appreciate it!

[Ciantha]

Just wanted to say that I really enjoy the icon mods and would be sad to see them gone in favour of text mod (I'm assuming text mods would look horribly busy).

I think there could be allowances made for a symbol or drawing requiring a repositioning of the hand. You lift your hand when reinking the nib anyhow so it could be assumed that you'd add in the other half of the symbol later when you dot your i's and cross your t's (if you were to actually write it out).

[SxM Designs]

Just wanted to say that I really enjoy the icon mods and would be sad to see them gone in favour of text mod (I'm assuming text mods would look horribly busy).

I think there could be allowances made for a symbol or drawing requiring a repositioning of the hand. You lift your hand when reinking the nib anyhow so it could be assumed that you'd add in the other half of the symbol later when you dot your i's and cross your t's (if you were to actually write it out).

Thanks for the feedback. We wont be switching to text mods as I explained in the comment above ( WAY TO BUSY).

Basically what you explained is accurate and absolutely correct. There can be strokes on either sides. Depends on the artist and their choice and how they draw. We have spent months on this (the number of custom icons / font is actually too much)and made sure the mods and texts look as balanced as possible.
If we chose to do same stroke direction ( which we actually tried), it would look really unbalanced.

On a side note : We actually revealed this in our discord server earlier and made necessary changes and then put an IC here. So basically this is the second iteration.
From my POV, the alphas + mods are very very clean and and aesthetically pleasing to look at. However, I would encourage people to criticize and give feedbacks if you want something to be changed.

[SxM Designs]

Hi all,

A small update : We have launched the website for this set. If you want some cool interactive pics head over to the website!

WEBSITE

Kitting : We tried to give as much flexibility in all of the kits as possible. If we missed something (which can happen quite easily), please let us know in the comments.[/size]

[SxM Designs]

Nice set. Not 100% on the font...maybe it could grow on me....

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Hopefully it will!!

[SxM Designs]

Update :

As promised we were looking into making the whole project more versatile.

One of the major changes is the removal of the spectrum kit
I was not particularly happy with how newer renders looked and was quite far from my actual vision. I wanted pops of colors but there was a definite issue there which had to be addressed
The solution was to remove the series and replace it with something else. The replacement being the ROYAL series. This also comes with more accent options.
There are a few changes from the previous kitting. I hope you guys like it.

There is a new IC form.

IC Form Link :  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTVIzOyUy2a73rKRvLjF-KcUMA61Vvuv5Mu60h9J8l3Nt0tg/viewform?usp=sf_link

I would be grateful if you could spare 2 mins of your time to fill the IC form.

Thanks!

[SxM Designs]

Kits are finalized for now. I am quite happy with the flexibility that it offers. First round of quotes has been asked for from epbt.

[nvh2092]

Kits are finalized for now. I am quite happy with the flexibility that it offers. First round of quotes has been asked for from epbt.

yayyy, I'm so happy

[Michabc]

The Royal modifiers look very good!  - keeping an eye out for the GB

[SxM Designs]

The Royal modifiers look very good!  - keeping an eye out for the GB

Thanks!! The overall idea is to have awesome flexibility on this set! 
Hopefully I can keep the cost down as much as possible which would then allow people to mix and match more!

[Cylent]

A quick heads up, ePBT has placed a 50 moq on all child kits for all sets moving forward (as far as we know) so you might want to remove some of the doubled-up kits (such as 40s and norde).

[SxM Designs]

A quick heads up, ePBT has placed a 50 moq on all child kits for all sets moving forward (as far as we know) so you might want to remove some of the doubled-up kits (such as 40s and norde).

Thanks for the headups. I have not yet heard back from them or kbdfans. If thats the case / applies to this set, then I would make the necessary changes.

[nu_types]

A quick heads up, ePBT has placed a 50 moq on all child kits for all sets moving forward (as far as we know) so you might want to remove some of the doubled-up kits (such as 40s and norde).

Thanks for the headups. I have not yet heard back from them or kbdfans. If thats the case / applies to this set, then I would make the necessary changes.

KBDfans confirmed on their designer discord that there are not MOQs on child kits. It's still just the 200 base kit MOQ.

[Cylent]

A quick heads up, ePBT has placed a 50 moq on all child kits for all sets moving forward (as far as we know) so you might want to remove some of the doubled-up kits (such as 40s and norde).

Thanks for the headups. I have not yet heard back from them or kbdfans. If thats the case / applies to this set, then I would make the necessary changes.

KBDfans confirmed on their designer discord that there are not MOQs on child kits. It's still just the 200 base kit MOQ.

Except ePBT Avilo does? It's confusing af ngl

[SxM Designs]

A quick heads up, ePBT has placed a 50 moq on all child kits for all sets moving forward (as far as we know) so you might want to remove some of the doubled-up kits (such as 40s and norde).

Thanks for the headups. I have not yet heard back from them or kbdfans. If thats the case / applies to this set, then I would make the necessary changes.

KBDfans confirmed on their designer discord that there are not MOQs on child kits. It's still just the 200 base kit MOQ.

Except ePBT Avilo does? It's confusing af ngl

Yeah KBDfans confirmed this in their discord. Just saw!
Avilo seems to be an exception..

[SxM Designs]

GB will be delayed

KBDFans have taken the stance to pause new ePBT GBs until the previous GBs are fulfilled. Once an old GB is fulfilled, a set from IC will start GB.
This would in turn mean that the production delays would drastically decrease.

We 100% agree on this stance.

A lot of previous GBs needs to be fulfilled before we can get a slot for GB.
I will update with more info once I receive it.

[nvh2092]

Would it be better to switch manu to mw?

[SxM Designs]

Would it be better to switch manu to mw?

There is a possibility but not anytime soon.

[niakulah]

Not a fan of the legends, but if this goes to GB, I'm definitely in for the spacebar kit for the awesome yellow and navy split spacebars.

[SxM Designs]

Not a fan of the legends, but if this goes to GB, I'm definitely in for the spacebar kit for the awesome yellow and navy split spacebars.

Legends are pretty niche and its understandable!!
Glad you like the SB kit atleast!

[dvorcol]

KBDfans' latest update says "Will switch to PBTfans, waiting for R1 sample (2024-05-31)"

[SxM Designs]

KBDfans' latest update says "Will switch to PBTfans, waiting for R1 sample (2024-05-31)"

Thanks! A quick update : Colors have been matched and confirmed!

We will update the IC in a couple of days.

Meanwhile here is the link : https://sxmdesigns.com/pbtfans-inkdrop/

KBDFans link :   https://kbdfans.com/collections/pbtfans-dyesub/products/pbtfans-inkdrop