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can someone explain keycap profiles to me? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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do they only affect the individual keycaps or the profile of the whole board? like let's say oem are sharp and XDA are rounded, but is there a difference between the height of the rows?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Height varies a lot between different profiles - check out the comparison on this page (some of those are for low profile switches but G20 and up are for standard MX switches): https://fantechworld.com/keycap-profiles-differences/ Additionally some profiles such as DSA, XDA, and KAM are uniform, meaning every row is the same shape (except for homing keys). Others are sculpted, meaning the height and angle varies between rows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Better site with more profiles: https://www.keycaps.info/