Designing the next Topre keycap set

[cswanic]

Matt, we've all seen your designs, most of us on DT have read and reread your thoughts and passions on keyboards over the last three years. I know you're mind is totally able to do this. You're going to be hit with people from Topre that might say "mmm, not interested..."
And we're okay with that
Deep Space, Granite, Toxic, Carbon, Honey, Space Cadet, Galaxy, Skull Squadron, Retro
Need I say more?
Forget about the keycap profile, hell I'd even at this point forget about the font

make a proposal!

I'm still thinking

[cswanic]

Yeah, ever since they turned down our best designs and said something about appealing to gamers, the thrill is gone.

This isn't over! We will win lmao. We just need to pull Matt away from Topre and bring him over to the dark side. He's been taken over by droids and held hostage. Isn't it Force Friday?

There's an idea, give them a Star Wars theme. Its new, it hasn't been done, its got the darker colors, we could find a solution...

[matt3o]

Actually Skull Squadron would be lovely on it, but (most) people don't get it.

[Muirium]

Skull Squadron works very nicely indeed on white keyboards:



But I can't afford to buy *every* set you design! That and Retro (both times) were the ones that got away. Not because I didn't like any of them, but combined they'd have cost me more than a HiPro! A HiPro I also don't have. Yet…

[matt3o]

ok. I quickly tried Futura. Don't like it, it makes the keyboard too much art nouveau. Not that I don't like art nouveau, but I feel it doesn't work on a keyboard.

[Muirium]

Heh, something tells me you won't like Gill Sans either!

[scottc]

How about a red, white and blue set with a London underground theme?

Red mods, white alphas with a blue stripe across the middle.

[cswanic]

Give them something that "looks" like it was done for Cherry and then do it for Topre. Forget the complaints. They want boring, they can keep printing black and beige.
A theme design gives us a cap that says Hot Damn I don't NEED this, but how can I not GET this. Plus we can defend the design by proving where it came from.
Go goofy, think Apple's old color logo from the 1980s and theme a white key layout with the color splash on it. Go Sony and pick the old Trinitron colors. Go metro and pick European colors.

[cswanic]

Actually Skull Squadron would be lovely on it, but (most) people don't get it.

You're right, I never got it, and I WANT it

[Muirium]

How about a red, white and blue set with a London underground theme?

Red mods, white alphas with a blue stripe across the middle.

Oh, now there's an idea! The stripe is Skull Squadron's best trick. A homerow stripe would be as bold as anything, and surely the London style ought to catch Topre's eyes.

What do they know about gamers!

[sth]

oh my gosh, skull squadron on PBT? i'd go back to printed legends for that

mods'd be hard though, unless they were dark grey with black print.

[matt3o]

gill sans, don't mind the colors, I'm just making some tests.

[Muirium]

Magnificent!

[matt3o]

on Skull Squadron

[Muirium]

Pretty good. The darker legends especially. But how about in our red white and blue striped dreams?

[matt3o]

nope

[Muirium]

[scottc]

Ah, you will! You will, you will, you will, you will, you will.

[matt3o]

that must be some aglo-saxon humor.

[seebart]

nope

Nope means nope! No can't go for that. Nogo. Nono. NEIN.

[Muirium]

Okay, you asked for it, unleash Mrs. Doyle!

[matt3o]

it would look like an American football team merchandise imho

[Muirium]

But let's seeeeeeeee it first!

[Hypersphere]

Are there any indications from Topre about whether or not they intend to resume selling replacement sets in their former colors and font?

I notice that there are still sets for sale on Amazon and eBay for Japanese RF 108kt1 keyboards, but I don't know if these are still in production or if they are just selling off their surplus. It seems that the supply of replacement sets for RF87U and RF104U has all but dried up; widebasket on eBay has a few sets left, but he said that he does not anticipate getting any more.

Replacement sets for the HHKB Pro 2 are still available from EK. Are these sets made by Topre or by PFU?

[seebart]

Never watched her. But as usual there's plenty of crap online...

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[Muirium]

She's a minor yet memorable character from the absolutely stunning 90s Irish sitcom: Father Ted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Ted

That show is absolute genius.

[romevi]

Ah, yes. Skull Squadron would be great. Especially since I missed out on the original.

[SL89]

I'd buy a Topre board JUST to have more Skull Squadron...

Btw Matt3o someday, please please, consider a Skull Squadron SA set!

[Muirium]

I'd buy a JUST Topre just for the hell of it.



Well, someday!

[SL89]

I was looking into that with the help of 002, It is on my list of Topre boards should that time ever come.