"While regular keyboards have an embarrassment of keycap options, Topre boards like the HHKB or Realforce R3 don't. They've 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 options. Something as basic as black keycaps with white legends just didn't exist for unmodified Topre boards. Until now."
"Ursa is a new style of keycap for Topre electrocapacitive switches. I first wrote about them in April 2024, during the group buy, which was originally expected to ship in early 2025. Well, here we are, and here Ursa is, fashionably late but worth it. Preorders are shipping in November and extras go on sale at 5am Eastern time on October 30th."
Ursa is a new keycap design made for Topre electrocapacitive switches that provides previously unavailable color and profile options for Topre users. Topre boards such as HHKB and Realforce R3 historically offered only OEM-profile PBT keycaps with dye-sublimated legends in limited colors, and black keycaps with white legends were not available for unmodified Topre boards. A group buy ran in April 2024 with original shipping expected in early 2025. Preorders for Ursa are shipping in November, and additional sets will be sold starting at 5am Eastern on October 30. The scooped spherical profile offers comfortable typing.
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