Blank or Printed Keycaps

[RTBARCHIVE]

Just get backlit ones that you can turn on and off. When they're off, they look blank. ;)

oh you mean the "I have too much money" keyboard

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[Pecon]

oh you mean the "I have too much money" keyboard

Most mechanical keyboards cost more than non-mechanical backlit keyboards. Backlights really don't say much about the value of the keyboard.

Also most backlit keyboards have the letters semi-translucent so you can still read them when the backlight is off. Have fun trying to figure out if they are or not before you buy one.

[SteveJenkins]

Just get backlit ones that you can turn on and off. When they're off, they look blank. ;)

my keyboard does this and no it doesn't look blank when its off because the space the LED's shine through is translucent white while the rest is black

because the keys are black the LED's need a clear space to glow through, it might work if the keys were entirely translucent white but that looks gay and would require the lights to be shaped like the letters they're representing

[gr8dayseth]

I didn't even realize blank keycaps were a thing

[Swollow]

I didn't even realize blank keycaps were a thing

[ChappersTeddy]

printed one in op looks like a really good keyboard to use, anyone know any like those (preferably wireless), because I reversed searched the image and it uses some weird wires

[Emgiell]

Doesn't Badspot have blank keycaps?

Edit: Yep he does

Where do you get these?

[Lego lad]

Blank look gorgeous

[Ipquarx]

I would be incredibly lost on the F-keys without the lablels, so I'd go with printed.

[blueblur121]

Doesn't Badspot have blank keycaps?

Edit: Yep he does

Looks like a WASD V2
Source: I have one.

I would be incredibly lost on the F-keys without the lablels, so I'd go with printed.

They're split into groups of four. How would you get lost there.

I didn't even realize blank keycaps were a thing

http://reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards
They're all over that subreddit.

[Ipquarx]

They're split into groups of four. How would you get lost there.

A lot of keyboards don't have this, including most laptop keyboards.

[blueblur121]

A lot of keyboards don't have this, including most laptop keyboards.

Scissor switches suck, get a mech.

[Nonnel]

I remember all the letters and numbers and the shifts and alts and enter and backspace but the other keys would give me trouble

[ßlöükfáce]

They're split into groups of four. How would you get lost there.

mine are all grouped together

[HooperScooper]

Printed.
Often I think the bottom row goes zxcbvmn when it's actually zxcvbnm