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Spec sheet
- Profile
- MT3
- Material
- PBT
- Legend
- Dye-sub
- Designer
- Matt3o
- Released
- Apr 1, 2017
Matt3o's original MT3 set: dye-sub PBT in cream and charcoal, modeled on IBM beamspring caps. Double-shot ABS retooling came later, on other Drop MT3 releases — the 2017 /dev/tty run itself shipped dye-sub to avoid the far higher tooling cost of double-shot legends. The set that defined the MT3 profile and remains the reference build for tall, sculpted typing.
Mentioned in 3 articles
Deep Dives
How keycaps are actually made: double-shot, dye-sub, and the processes in between
Material and profile get the attention. The mold, the second shot, the transfer press, and the shrinkage table are what set the price, the lead time, and whether the legend is still there in ten years.
thock10 min read
Ideas
Mixing keycap profiles on one board: what actually works
Mixing profiles reads as a deliberate design choice or a rookie mistake depending entirely on where the swap lands. A handful of zones tolerate it well. The alpha block almost never does.
thock6 min read
Guides
Keycap profiles, compared: Cherry, OEM, SA, and MT3
Most beginners agonize over switches for weeks, then drop any keycap set on top and discover the keycap was doing half the work all along. Profile shapes the sound, the typing angle, and the way a board reads on a desk — and the four profiles below cover almost every set on the market.
thock11 min read
Drop + Matt3o MT3 /dev/tty appears in editor-curated build sheets.