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webwit wrote:

7bit wrote:Not possible. Signature Plastics, the manufacturer of the key caps, had not yet invented clear text double shots.

Since that is a contemporary demand, my guess is they won't invent it in the future as well.

Who knows... I know they invented the reversed caps lock key.

What's the expected turn around for this MO? I was thinking about getting a new 'board with my 2012 tax return and I was wondering if these would be shipped in time.

itlnstln wrote:What's the expected turn around for this MO? I was thinking about getting a new 'board with my 2012 tax return and I was wondering if these would be shipped in time.

if i look at the demand the poll shows I have my doubts this will happen anytime soon

Which material do these keycaps consist of?

zeeko wrote:Which material do these keycaps consist of?

ABS

itlnstln wrote:What's the expected turn around for this MO? I was thinking about getting a new 'board with my 2012 tax return and I was wondering if these would be shipped in time.

Preorders will start in around 2 weeks. Don't know how long it will take until we actually order. A few months at minimum, but could easily be 6 months as with Round 3.

mintberryminuscrunch wrote: if i look at the demand the poll shows I have my doubts this will happen anytime soon

LOL! This poll is just to find out with which color/text-styles to start.

The real MO will take place at Deskthority and Geekhack.

The last time we ordered 52'000 key caps which are still distributed to around 250 people.

Within the last 2 months there had been a lot more posts on GH from people who asked when Round 4 starts, than post in this poll. Be sure, there will be enough demand for at least some of these color/text-style combinations.

The plan is to get together orders for at least 50'000 key caps, which should be not too much of a problem.

Would be nice if anyone could post pictures of all the available colors, I'm thinking of getting gray on black, or white on green. Was checking on GH aswell, and saw that clear keys could be ordered as well.
And I want to do some crazy lightning on my poker when that arrives

White on green? I wouldn't mind that!

I love this thread!

It's a real thrill to see what colours are being proposed here. Not that I myself could imagine typing on anything else than a keyboard with a beige case and beige keycaps lettered deep black, but everybody is so enthusiastic here

i'm pleased to see that most of my chosen colours are in front

I'm for black letters on white.

And I can't imagine what gray on black looks like.
Does anybody have pictures from gray on black key caps?

zeeko wrote:I'm for black letters on white.

And I can't imagine what gray on black looks like.
Does anybody have pictures from gray on black key caps?

like this:

No, wait! This is black on very dark grey.

Highspeed Opi wrote: Like here: http://qq.a.5d6d.com/userdirs/c/4/kbc/a ... 4a2662.jpg

That's an excellent colourscheme.

Wouldn't gray on black look similar to black and engraved?
Like this:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_pghR ... AG0103.jpg

tjweir wrote:

Highspeed Opi wrote: Like here: http://qq.a.5d6d.com/userdirs/c/4/kbc/a ... 4a2662.jpg

That's an excellent colourscheme.

Are you color blind? This is not grey on black!

zeeko wrote:Wouldn't gray on black look similar to black and engraved?
Like this:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_pghR ... AG0103.jpg

It depends on your angle of view.

7bit wrote:

tjweir wrote:

Highspeed Opi wrote: Like here: http://qq.a.5d6d.com/userdirs/c/4/kbc/a ... 4a2662.jpg

That's an excellent colourscheme.

Are you color blind? This is not grey on black!

Um. I'm not. What?

This image is just shopped but it gives you an idea of what it could look like. Depending on the exact color of gray/black, I think it could look very good.

I don't like it that much.

How about keys with mirror-inverted letters?

Here are some color schemes:

don't like the purple, light blue and light green once. rest ist pretty nice .

the set will be only ansi or iso too ? perhaps iso and ansi blank set?

Haes wrote:don't like the purple, light blue and light green once. rest ist pretty nice .

the set will be only ansi or iso too ? perhaps iso and ansi blank set?

There will be add-on kits for different languages ans some other extras. I also plan to make function keys, modifier keys etc available separately, so colors can be mixed.

here comes the next load of color-schemes:

red on black is nice as well. add it please

green on black is so Matrix like, fits well with my vim setup

Gilgam wrote:green on black is so Matrix like, fits well with my vim setup

geek detected!

anyways, Im in love with red on black

Orange on Black or White - i like both

dammit, now i want them all, X on black was really nice!
Black on green, Grey on black or anything else on black? Sigh

Dark blue on white is cool
I also like black on white and green on black.

Will there be only one color combination, or let's say the top 3?

webwit wrote:

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Thank you webwit!

This is entirely what I inteded!

Key caps should be available for the whole keyboard, or just modifieres, function keys, numeric block, etc, or even as single key caps, to have any color combination you would have ever dreamed of.