DSA Gotham is a modern take on retro-computing keycaps, using modern geometric sans serif typefaces with a uniform profile. Every single keycap in DSA Gotham features a brand new, custom mould for razor-sharp, bright and clear ABS doubleshot legends manufactured by Signature Plastics, using a clean and minimalist white on black colour scheme.In addition to standard keycaps common across both ANSI and ISO layouts, DSA Gotham also features child kits for NorDe international layouts, 40% keyboard users, a comprehensive set of icon-only modifiers including popular MacOS modifier keys, and several bespoke 1U icon novelty keys.Creating these new moulds for the DSA profile is just the first step, with further colour schemes planned making use of the same legends in the future. Assuming this concept makes it to Group Buy I’d love to hear from others who are interested in creating doubleshot DSA keycap sets (or DSS, since the moulds will be compatible with both profiles) making use of these legends.Manufacturer: Signature PlasticsKeycaps: ABS doubleshotWhite: WFVBlack: NNChangelog2021-11-22- Rebuilt the Lock, Raise and Lower Layer icons to be significantly larger.
- Updated several glyphs on the numrow for consistency of size and position, including new @ and * symbol glyphs. The changes are subtle, and best demonstrated with a tiny animated GIF:
Comparison to Signature Plastics GortonIt was requested that I provide a comparison between these new legends and the stock legends provided by Signature Plastics. You can verify from the images below of the base kit, but the main differences are as follows:- Legends are stronger and clearer
- Text modifiers are left-aligned, and in Titlecase
- Switching to Titlecase means most modifier legends no longer need to be abbreviated
- Icon modifiers all use consistent sizing and stroke width, also consistent with the stroke width of text modifiers
- Symbols are sized more in accordance with their on-screen representation, rather than being oddly large (e.g. ~, *, ^, ¬)
DSA Gotham
DSA Gorton White on Black
KitsBase Kit
Numpad Kit
NorDe Kit
Icon Modifiers Kit
40s Kit
Functional Icon Kit
Novelty Icons Kit
Spacebars
RendersU80-A by Rama Works
Rotor by Densus Designs
Haus by Hand Engineering
M0llY by The Key Company
M6-C by Rama Works
Dino 104 by nFaiz
Whimsy by Fourteen*
*I appreciate there are question marks over Whimsy’s future, but I’m still hoping it will happen, hence my inclusion of this render!DeskmatsSkyline Rain
Skyline Clear
ArtisansTBACollaborationsPlease get in touch if you’re interested in working on a collaboration.PricingI have quotes from Signature Plastics already, but the significant cost of the new moulds still needs to be factored into the final retail price. I will disclose more once I’ve worked this all out with vendors.Proxy VendorsTBASignaturePlease show your support for this set by adding this signature to your forum profile:[url=https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=115348.0][img height=120]https://i.imgur.com/gKilVP1.png[/img][/url]
