On September 18, 2024, GreenEchoes Studio, the operator of Greenkeys, entered into a business partnership with FKcaps, a Singaporean company, through performance-based advertising.
The services we have partnered with are the following two “custom keycap creation services”.
Representative of GreenEchoes Studio
He launched his own media as a site operator and web writer, and now plans and manages multiple corporate media. He often types heavily in his work, and in his search for greater efficiency, he became addicted to the keyboard swamp and established “GreenKeys”.
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FKcpas
FKcaps allows you to select from your preferred profiles: black keycaps with shine-through, white keycaps that do not transmit light, and black keycaps that do not transmit light.
It is possible to set the original icon as well as the type of legend.
The extreme is that “any custom layout can be accommodated”.
Especially when it comes to self-made keyboards, the choice of keycaps is often limited due to the special arrangement of keycaps.
However, at present it is unclear whether or not there is interference with the switch plate when using LPF on keyboards with choc v2 switches, so we will post the results of this verification at a later date.
YUZU Custom Keycaps
With YUZU Custom Keycaps, it is possible to change the coloring of each individual key, although only the Cherry profile can be selected.
The range of customization for keytop printing is also very wide, with the ability to use original icons and custom fonts such as Fontawesome.
Available in 44 keycap colors x 44 key legend colors. (1936 possible combinations)
Convex keys are not offered at this time.
This service only allows adjustment of keycaps for predetermined layouts, but this time, to commemorate our partnership, we asked them to add three different layouts for the “Keyball” series produced by Shirogane Lab.
Although it is Keyball, it can be used for torabo-tsuki and other similar layouts.
This selection option is not listed in the official website layout list.
At this time, it can only be accessed through a link on this site.
Of course, the same arrangement can be applied to torabo-tsuki and other similar products.
By including your own back-layer symbols, etc. in the sublegend, you can create original keycaps with higher visibility.
Here is the layout I created.
It’s nice, isn’t it?
Summary｜Must-see services to update your own keyboard
We have reported above on our partnership with two custom keycap creation services.
It is also true that there are still many situations where it is very difficult to select keycaps, especially for column staggered layout keyboards and keycaps that use special size keycaps.
These two services may help relieve you of that problem.
Detailed ordering instructions will be announced at a later date, but if you would like to use the system ahead of time, we encourage you to do so!
We hope that this service will make the homebrew keyboard community even more exciting.
