Changes to sets are now only possible as long as only the color, row or legends of a key change, the unit count must stay the same!

For color accuracy refer to renders, not the kits, they use slightly wrong colors





What is KAT?

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a brand new collection of high profile molds from Keyreative. Nineteen months of intense research, machining, and testing resulted in this delectably thick (1.658mm) sculpted design. Some inspiration also came from cats, as their claws provide an appealing slope to model keycap curves on.



Unlike SA, which can seem pointy and disproportionately tall on modern keyboards, KAT is smooth. Silky smooth. Superlatively smooth. Kat's concave keycaps don't stab or inhibit your fingertips during row jumps, nor do they have the gritty texture that one typically associates with PBT plastic. The characteristic dryness of PBT is present, but your fingertips won't be ground into submission by the substrate.



Some keycap sets make generic nods to sound quality, but premium audio design was a serious consideration in KAT profile. The interior walls of its keycaps are angled such that sound is reflected in a precise pattern. That should, when coupled with high wall thickness, provide sharp clicks and muted clacks.



Finally, KAT keycap tops have the same dimensions across each row. That's a vast visual improvement, but it also has a positive impact on muscle memory while touch typing.

All renders made by me.



Why KAT?



Why specimen?



What kits are there?

The most basic of base kits. Should support pretty much all 60% to TKL keyboards and also HHKB style layouts. Two large spacebars are included so you don't need to buy a spacebar kit for certain layouts anymore. Some common 65% layouts are also supported.

Lots and lots of extras, good 40% keyboard support should be included as well.

Full ortho support, hopefully a lot of different layouts are in here!

Vim movement keys along with some rather arbitrarily placed novelties.

A small and simple addon for people wishing to use a (UK) ISO layout.

A good splash of color for people wanting to spice up their TKL right hand side. Along with the classic numpad.

. Just some blanks to cover some normal layouts, Colevrak, etc. keys aren't supported, so this is also for you if that's ok

Northern layouts, many thanks to eskimojo of KAT Lich for the necessary keys

Southern layouts, Italy isn't 100% supported through sheer stupidity on my part (you'll need extras or deal with one wrong legend on the top left).

Hopefully everything a classic French layout needs.

For smaller, split spacebars.

The Pantone colors

HHKB in base

updated to full ortho

removed redundant keys from extras (mainly R5, not too much?)

added 40% support to extras

added split spacebar ("other sizes") kit

added vim-keys in "extensions" kit

updated google poll

removed from extras: R5 PG UP and DOWN, R1 /?, R1 1u SYS, R1 DEL, R2 1.25 ESC, R2 1.5u FN, stepped CTRL, R3 TABs, R3 1.5u DEL, R4 DEL and probably a few more

added to extras: R1 1u purple UFO, teal RAY and SPEC, R5 symbol DEL, R2 1.5u ENTER

added blanks base kit

added 4 1u keys to numpad kit for split 0 and +

added lowecase h to ortholinear kit alluding to the planck constant

added first makeshift render

added R1 1.75u to blank kit

removed mentions of the old kit

added update from Keyreative

Added new render and progress update

removed some unnecessary text from the post

added 4 new novelties to extensions kit

added one 1u up arrow key into color kit

added purple alien novelty into base kit

removed aliens from extras and added one more R1 purple 1u key

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In the words of the zFrontier website:The classic Koyu by Rama.Kotai from the super helpful Stewiedk97.Another classic - the Iron165.Prototype model of the Pneuma by Stewiedk97 (still WIP).A flat profile just doesn't feel right for this set I think, so the decision was down to manufacturers who cando either doubleshot or reverse dye-sub. Frankly, I think a lot of us are tired of SA and GMK, and sincetrying out new, innovative things is always awesome, KAT felt like a natural choice (plus: KAT -> cat, and cats are awesome).The name came to me out of pretty much nowhere, and it just stuck. This set feels pretty hard to name anyhow, so I'm happy I have one.Glad you asked:Purple/Blue: 2371U (previously Dark Blue U)Pink: 226 U (previously Rubine Red)Orange: 123 U (previously 2013 U)Teal: 331 UEDIT: Okay first question, someone pls, what the **** went wrong with color/numpad two images?EDIT1: I thinks it's alright now. Lesson 1: Don't be a GH noob.UPDATE 04/01/2019: Ergodox kit removed due to Keyreative's lack of 1.5u upright molds required for the ErgoDox.UPDATE 02/26/2019 (Adding this the day after): Major update with new colors per Pantone Uncoated and kit updates.UPDATE 03/26/2019: Updated kits:EDIT 03/26/2019: Fixing stuff in post and moving things around...UPDATE 03/29/2019:EDIT 03/30/2019:I quite simply forgot to add the blanks yesterday, also updated extensions description with UFO and cow novelty suggestions.UPDATE 04/22/2019:UPDATE 06/24/2019:UPDATE 07/02/2019:Banner thing, you know better than me how it works:[/list]