Arrow keycap set

New item arrived!



Recently I've found my technique for making black keycaps shows much lower yield than I expected. I'm searching better masking material now.

New technology to reduce ink bleeding

Gill Sans typeface keyboard should reproduce typefaces clearly. But dye-sub causes ink bleeding and it makes thin lines bold noticeably. So I developed a new technology.



Please look at the upper image. Just one pixel width of the inside of outline is gray. This image processing reduces ink bleeding. And please look at the lower image. No trace of gray pixels! Ink bleeding fills gray pixels. Thanks to that, Ink bleeding doesn't go the outside of outline.

As you see, the fidelity isn't perfect. I tried more sophisticated image processing, but failed. Such processing can make bodies thinner, but it erases serifs.

By the way, the height of the 'Shift' is about 7pt. Please compare the bellow photo with your keyboard.

Eric Gill typeface keyboard

Do you get tired of Helvetica? How about Gill Sans?



Now on sale!

Masking isn't so easy

I'm searching a good masking tech.

Test pieces of Super Mario

Video game image is one of the best applications of black dye-sub.

Breakthrough for black caps

Just mask and dye it black.


I'll start to make black keycaps in a few days.

Rage Faces keycap set for Cherry MX

Rage Faces keycap set is now on sale!




BTW, my IBM Selectric II went wrong and I cannot use it now. So I print shipping address by a laser printer for a while. I wish to repair but it seems hard...