Clear Key Caps

I made a pact with myself after I installed my <a href="http://dailyacquisition.blogspot.com/2012/11/and-yet-another-keyboard-facelift.html" target="_blank">last set of key caps</a> on my Filco keyboard. I vowed to scale back on the key cap purchases and simply use and enjoy my mechanical keyboard. Some time during this self-imposed No Buy period, I browsed my way over to the <a href="http://keycapsdirect.com/" target="_blank">Signature Plastics website</a>, and saw something that made me immediately lift the ban. Transparent key caps. Game on.<br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsD5wdxXb4ZSU8pa5KMe3tovmfmf1ls28NeTK9F2f3wOlOtfm2CzXK13KNdMdUWxMKbCIVvC1zbFlEPuHqrsAKiaMwkBy_AfxGIFaM9zJFfBECrRFGZ2rt7c3TC7B3aPeyatp24XtC0M/s1600/IMG_5826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsD5wdxXb4ZSU8pa5KMe3tovmfmf1ls28NeTK9F2f3wOlOtfm2CzXK13KNdMdUWxMKbCIVvC1zbFlEPuHqrsAKiaMwkBy_AfxGIFaM9zJFfBECrRFGZ2rt7c3TC7B3aPeyatp24XtC0M/s200/IMG_5826.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I would love to have a keyboard full of clear key caps, but I'm not one of those keyboard uber-dorks who has all the keys memorized. For this reason (and for practical economic reasons), I decided to outfit only a portion of my keyboard with these icy looking key caps.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqNuutjXPxVKvefR2AW55J5-57Xvg0J1TJYVjRz07SxBtRBSdpdexOZi8RzcCiQsm26uxNBKfy7CosCIwRgCKMZocLehgtAWQ1cfztu8uqdOL-tdoYkV_Eawqvh6LOyD89mZDmI9VdKE/s1600/IMG_5829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqNuutjXPxVKvefR2AW55J5-57Xvg0J1TJYVjRz07SxBtRBSdpdexOZi8RzcCiQsm26uxNBKfy7CosCIwRgCKMZocLehgtAWQ1cfztu8uqdOL-tdoYkV_Eawqvh6LOyD89mZDmI9VdKE/s200/IMG_5829.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As shown in the above picture, I replaced the entire top row and the cluster of "navigation" keys on the right side of the keyboard (I have all of these keys memorized, and I rarely use the escape and function keys anyway). I really like the overall look of the keyboard now, and the transparent key caps really make the board look unique.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDJKRXninsyKOAdPJcGz0-6A7N35P7lZmwwBbhUjnviGa32M3ThRb1ADA7my_YJzYV4w-PYO2PmxVkAgui4xdb_cyn5ggZdNAHKDgg-pXriI4l5uNaWQei-Idu66NYWpspZaMT-XfLN8/s1600/IMG_5830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDJKRXninsyKOAdPJcGz0-6A7N35P7lZmwwBbhUjnviGa32M3ThRb1ADA7my_YJzYV4w-PYO2PmxVkAgui4xdb_cyn5ggZdNAHKDgg-pXriI4l5uNaWQei-Idu66NYWpspZaMT-XfLN8/s200/IMG_5830.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The key caps themselves are uncolored, i.e., they are not off-yellow, smoked, or merely translucent. They do have a little texture on the upper surface, which makes them look frosted when looking top-down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjA2XDgP2iM-Ls9JE4zOUOTwblkQzQxUDrTUg88hRkAIztAnrbPsYXI2-lMCnvZvQwN6S3IU_nPi4RJn8TRnJeLlX6UEg1nAglNzbw2qgi_07vDvR7CM5Voo9pXPDLxaitQd-Lc09bsQ/s1600/IMG_5831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjA2XDgP2iM-Ls9JE4zOUOTwblkQzQxUDrTUg88hRkAIztAnrbPsYXI2-lMCnvZvQwN6S3IU_nPi4RJn8TRnJeLlX6UEg1nAglNzbw2qgi_07vDvR7CM5Voo9pXPDLxaitQd-Lc09bsQ/s200/IMG_5831.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The blue stems of the mechanical switches are visible through the transparent key caps (yes, my keyboard has Cherry blue switches). More eye candy for me = good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jcvbl-HkBUQUhF-lqEVo5nlCGMVNmxO5dVzH400WFLQEkz0gbl_5UWHgt71EZ5LtkZHOz_nxxc3X4SeS64LTJnYr89u6rKh71RQGIU95rncME_PgTjUUkGyQiL9l0TV0YMLjms7ze0A/s1600/IMG_5832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jcvbl-HkBUQUhF-lqEVo5nlCGMVNmxO5dVzH400WFLQEkz0gbl_5UWHgt71EZ5LtkZHOz_nxxc3X4SeS64LTJnYr89u6rKh71RQGIU95rncME_PgTjUUkGyQiL9l0TV0YMLjms7ze0A/s200/IMG_5832.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't plan on updating this layout anytime soon. Yeah, sure. That's what I said the last time, and the time before that.</div></div>

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