Image: Dropīut unlike Matt3o’s original release, though, the new Lord of the Rings keycaps are actually licensed by Middle-earth Enterprises (the company that owns the rights to key film and merchandise aspects of the The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings novels). Matt3o’s Dwarvish keycaps, with the alternate Durin’s forge accent keys. Matt3o has been working on the official Lord of the Rings-inspired designs for over a year, but he’s been dabbling in Elvish keycaps for years, going all the way back to his low-profile DSA Granite design in 2016 (which had an optional Tengwar set available). Now, thanks to some new keycaps from mechanical keyboard designer Matt3o, you can now outfit your keyboard with some incredible-looking custom Elvish and Dwarvish keycaps. The Lord of the Rings is famous for the intricate languages that Tolkien crafted to flesh out the world of Middle-earth. Deep in the land of Mordor, in the Fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Jony Ive forged a master keyboard, and into this butterfly keyboard he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. For within these keyboards was bound the strength and the will to govern any device.īut they were all of them deceived, for another keyboard was made. And 108 keys were gifted to the race of full-size keyboard users, who above all else desire power. Eighty-four keys to the 75 percent designs, great typists and gamers of the digital halls.
Sixty-eight keys were given to the 65 percent designs, smallest and most compact of all decks. It began with the forging of the Great Keyboards.