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Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 11:47
by matt3o
okay first test. SUPER (СУПЕР) key will be also available. ALPHA will be also available with latin letters

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Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 12:34
by joric
I'm ok with ВШ instead of ЗАБОЙ because the former is apparently standard and I can't find keyboards with "ЗАБОЙ" though it's very literal and accurate. Also it would be nice to have russian novelties, such as СБ (служба безопасности, security service) and ФСБ (Federal Security Service) such as here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNsyTSEFvrU :)

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 12:40
by depletedvespene
Very interesting.

I wonder if a variant where ✭ is replaced by ☦ would be requested.

Also, where is the blue in this layout? ;-)

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 12:42
by matt3o
joric wrote: such as СБ (служба безопасности, security service) and ФСБ (Federal Security Service) such as here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNsyTSEFvrU :)
that's actually a terrific idea :) I already designed a few novelties but I'm now working on the colors. Still not sure what colorway we should go

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 12:51
by depletedvespene
matt3o wrote: Still not sure what colorway we should go
Is this a Russian or a Soviet set? That should answer your question...

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 13:06
by matt3o
not clear yet, but if we add the ФСБ key...

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 13:27
by pomk
Could it also be possible to get support for mac os russian layout? It has maybe 6(?) keys in different places compared to the Microsoft introduced layout. See: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-MC184RS- ... B006D1DASE

edit: here is a picture of the layout, with the alt-gr layer as well in blue:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... intosh.svg

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 13:41
by Myoth
What profile would this be ?

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 13:53
by matt3o
pomk wrote: edit: here is a picture of the layout, with the alt-gr layer as well in blue:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... intosh.svg
I'll look into it
Myoth wrote: What profile would this be ?
I believe this will be a thick OEM

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 14:03
by joric
matt3o wrote: not clear yet, but if we add the ФСБ key...
It's rather КГБ - soviet era, ФСБ - post-ussr. And I love the idea about the cross and maybe even Putin. Either his face or a "Put In" key. Also what about sculpted SA profile, is it harder to manufacture, is it more expensive for the buyer?

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 17:01
by matt3o
so. this could be the easiest Russia theme.

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I'm not 100% about it though

PS: high profile is not an option this time unfortunately

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 18:10
by matt3o
More testing

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Re: Russian & Elvish sets

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 20:33
by Techno Trousers
This is looking really sweet!

Re: Russian & Elvish sets

Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 20:43
by Techno Trousers
What about white keys, blue modifiers, and red accents?

Posted: 14 Sep 2017, 09:48
by matt3o
like so?

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Posted: 14 Sep 2017, 12:15
by depletedvespene
How about red letters and symbols on white and blue caps? (Esc and Enter should still be red and have white letters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2017, 13:01
by matt3o
we can't have white letter in sublimation, but I can do red letters on white.

Posted: 14 Sep 2017, 13:20
by depletedvespene
Red on blue, too? (how'd that look?)

Or blue letters over red and white caps?

Posted: 14 Sep 2017, 13:47
by matt3o
you can dye-sub only a darker color

Posted: 14 Sep 2017, 13:55
by depletedvespene
Damn. I'll shut up now.

Posted: 14 Sep 2017, 23:06
by ullr
I would be particularly interested in all white with maybe some accent keys.

Sorry for asking here as I assume you’ve addressed this deep in a Granite group buy thread, but where does the Elvish keyboard layout you’ve used in the past come from, like does it map any established keyboard layouts or is it something you designed? And do you know if anyone has had luck typing in that layout? Presumably you would use a font mapping ASCII characters because deep unicode keyboard layouts are tricky, right?

Thank you, and needless to say I am interested.

Posted: 15 Sep 2017, 08:59
by matt3o
Thanks for asking about the elven kit! I wrote a whole post about it! There you go! http://matt3o.com/granite-elven-kit-explained/

Re: Russian & Elvish sets

Posted: 15 Sep 2017, 09:14
by Techno Trousers
matt3o wrote:we can't have white letter in sublimation, but I can do red letters on white.
I do like the blue mods. So maybe red letters on the white keys, and black on the blue and red mods?

Posted: 15 Sep 2017, 09:33
by armatus
i'm really wants russian monolegend set in uniform profile!

can you consider anything than OEM and DSC?
even chinese DSA would be better.
can we participate in some IC about profile?

Posted: 15 Sep 2017, 10:27
by matt3o
Techno Trousers wrote: I do like the blue mods. So maybe red letters on the white keys, and black on the blue and red mods?
yeah I'll make some more tests later this morning. I'll try red and blue legends.
armatus wrote: i'm really wants russian monolegend set in uniform profile!

can you consider anything than OEM and DSC?
even chinese DSA would be better.
can we participate in some IC about profile?
I hear you, but I'm afraid this won't be possible, at least this time. Anyway I'll check with the manufacturer

Posted: 15 Sep 2017, 12:59
by matt3o
The last three are the ones I like the most. What's your take?

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Re: Russian & Elvish sets

Posted: 15 Sep 2017, 15:39
by Techno Trousers
I'm liking the white and off white more than I thought I would. One last request.. how about white and off white, with blue text alphas and red text labels on the mods? I think that might be a nice subtle tri-color combination.

Posted: 16 Sep 2017, 16:26
by joric
I like red chars because historically russian legends have always been red:
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This one seems the most russian so far:

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But I don't want to ruin it, because this set is undoubtedly the cleanest and most usable, I'd rather buy this set:

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This one with aged colors is cool too:

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Let's put it to vote on r/mk or something.

Re: Russian & Elvish sets

Posted: 16 Sep 2017, 17:18
by Phenix
I like the idea much.. hopefully, a Elvish (Sindarin) only set will follow.

I had prefer many profiles over OEM - is your own profile, MT3, really out of the water?

Posted: 18 Sep 2017, 13:14
by armatus
best for me is
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i like coloring, i like mono-legend

(but still can't say any good about OEM)