Your Happy Hacking Keyboard can finally get fresh caps.<\/p>\n
While regular keyboards have an embarrassment of keycap options, Topre boards like the HHKB<\/a> or Realforce R3<\/a> don\u2019t. They\u2019ve more or less been relegated to OEM-profile PBT keycaps with dye-sublimated legends, in light grey, charcoal, white, or (recently) a few more colorful<\/a> options<\/a>. Something as basic as black keycaps with white legends just didn\u2019t exist for unmodified Topre boards. Until now.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been typing on a near-final set of white-on-black Ursa caps for a couple of weeks now, and they\u2019re as close to a must-buy for Topre users as any completely optional purchase can be. The scooped spherical caps are comfortable to type on, and the edges are well-defined without being too sharp. There\u2019s just a bit of texture to the typing surface. The centered legends are crisp and well-aligned, and reminiscent of classic SA and DSA keycaps without being identical. The stems on my sample set don\u2019t twist like other aftermarket caps I\u2019ve tried. The bottom row is fully convex, like the space bar; it\u2019s unusually comfortable and as far as I can tell it\u2019s unique among keyboard profiles in that respect. It\u2019s all just very well executed.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been using them on my Leopold FC660C<\/a> because that\u2019s what I have; you can see them on the more common Happy Hacking Keyboard over at Lightning Keyboards<\/a>. The legends on the white-on-black keycaps will be slightly brighter than the ones on my samples, according to FKCaps\u2019 Simon Tarchichi, but they\u2019re otherwise identical to the final versions, which I\u2019ll get when my preorder arrives.<\/p>\n