Are you here to learn how to make custom keycap sets on fkcaps.com? You are in the right place!

<aside> 📢 Before we look into how to get started, a couple things to get out of the way:

• We can’t do any colors or multiple color legends… yet. This is a limitation of our current production process, but we are looking into upgrading to dye sub, leave us your email here to get notified when it happens. Note: If you are willing to make a set at a larger scale (say a hundred units) for you and others (maybe you want to run a GB or have a lot of friends), contact us on Discord.
• All sets are made on-demand. You can customize as much as you want, and if you feel limited by the app, come seek help on Discord we are here to help! </aside>

Step 1: Keycap profiles and materials

You can find a few keycap profiles and options to choose from. Here is a glossary to help you choose:

• PBT (Polybutylene terephthalate) is a sturdy plastic used to make durable keycaps. It can be marked using a laser machine. The blend we use allow for a light grey legend.
• ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) is the most common plastic found around the world. The ones we use are translucent, they let the light through, which is convenient if you want to place them on a backlit (RGB or not) keyboard.
• PU (Polyurethane) is a polymer that we use in a liquid form (similar to paint, or rather a coating) to cover the ABS keys (and sometimes the PBT ones too). It can be easily etched using a laser machine to show the keycap legend. Note: the coating layer is usually very thin, and the legend is quite durable.

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For now, all our legends are printed using a laser machine. That means we can only do a single color legend on a plain base color. This is a limitation that we are working on, but we rather go step by step with tried techniques than rush it.

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MBK, Cherry, MDA, … You don’t know which profile to choose? There is plenty of information online, such as keycaps.info or this post on fantechworld.

Step 2: Layout

3 options:

• Go with one of the layout shown on the left panel. Those are usually common options.
• Customize the layout on screen. Clicking this button allows you to create custom keyboard layouts
• Create from scratch. You’ll get a blank plate and some keys to create your own custom keyboard layout (or just throw in a bunch of keys)

Step 3: Language

Looking for something other than standard QWERTY layout? Picking a language will move the letters to their correct positions (I was that guy looking desperately for a sculpted Colemak layout so I feel your pain).

You didn’t find your language? Submit a feature request!

Sublegends (Cyrillic, Hiragana, etc.)