The story of Signature Plastics
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The story of Signature Plastics
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#2Having bought a few sets from Signature Plastics and a few other places, I have to say I'm impressed with their quality. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but they feel nicer than some other manufacturers I've seen. Hope they can find a good buyer.
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#3Having bought a few sets from Signature Plastics and a few other places, I have to say I'm impressed with their quality. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but they feel nicer than some other manufacturers I've seen. Hope they can find a good buyer.
Agreed ... I have the SA jukebox and carbon sets that were once available on MassDrop.
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#4I love SP and was pretty broken up about this when I found out. We use SP keycaps exclusively on our SCRAMBLE [1] and while we could certainly switch to a different vendor and save money, the quality and experience wouldn’t be the same.
Fingers crossed they find a good buyer.
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#5Wow what a nice article. Funny, I'm typing on a set of Signature Plastics DSA keycaps right now, and I had no idea they were designed in the 80s.
Really nostalgic to read about the history of this company.
And also, I've had Melissa Petersen personally respond to my emails and she's a wonderful person :)
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#6After trying the original cherry profile, I've lost interest in all the other profile variations.
I don't like most of their profiles like DCS (too thin, it makes an ugly sound), or SA (not ergonomical). They make no sense commercially.
From the business aspect, it's incredible that they couldn't forsee some market changes like the rise of offshore manufacturers.
Surely the article is very interesting. A great read :-)
Re: The story of Signature Plastics
#7After trying the original cherry profile, I've lost interest in all the other profile variations. I don't like most of their profiles like DCS (too thin, it makes an ugly sound), or SA (not ergonomical). They make no sense commercially. From the business aspect, it's incredible that they couldn't forsee some market changes like the rise of offshore manufacturers. Surely the article is very interesting. A great read :…
The original injection molding tool ended up a few kilometers from where I live. I always thought to give them a call and ask if I could touch the holy grail (and maybe make a few photos).
Re: The story of Signature Plastics
#8After trying the original cherry profile, I've lost interest in all the other profile variations. I don't like most of their profiles like DCS (too thin, it makes an ugly sound), or SA (not ergonomical). They make no sense commercially. From the business aspect, it's incredible that they couldn't forsee some market changes like the rise of offshore manufacturers. Surely the article is very interesting. A great read :…
The ASA (Akko SA) profile is a nice combination if you like the spherical aspect and central position of the marking without the odd height of SA profile.
I do agree that SA as a profile is weirdly high and that the keycaps wobble. It's designed for a very tilted layout, i.e. with the PCB tilted very much towards the user rather than more horizontally as is preferred by most modern users.
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#9After trying the original cherry profile, I've lost interest in all the other profile variations. I don't like most of their profiles like DCS (too thin, it makes an ugly sound), or SA (not ergonomical). They make no sense commercially. From the business aspect, it's incredible that they couldn't forsee some market changes like the rise of offshore manufacturers. Surely the article is very interesting. A great read :…
The original injection molding tool ended up a few kilometers from where I live. I always thought to give them a call and ask if I could touch the holy grail (and maybe make a few photos).
Are you talking about GMK?
Surely you know about geekhack.org!
A lot of people would be interested in that.
PS somebody went there, I'll watch religiously the video, right now. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=122453.0
Re: The story of Signature Plastics
#10After trying the original cherry profile, I've lost interest in all the other profile variations. I don't like most of their profiles like DCS (too thin, it makes an ugly sound), or SA (not ergonomical). They make no sense commercially. From the business aspect, it's incredible that they couldn't forsee some market changes like the rise of offshore manufacturers. Surely the article is very interesting. A great read :…
DCS sure are thin, but sound is preference, and so some of us see ABS DCS as the best sounding keycaps on the market.
Custom DCS runs (SolDark, 9009, Reaper, WoB, etc.) in the past few years sold well and are generally appreciated and sought after.