worn off key labels

From	songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	worn off key labels
Date	2023-12-23 16:30 +0100
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Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2023, at 13:36, songbird wrote:
>
>> i've
>> already worn some of letters off the keys.  :(  but, well, i got
>> it on sale for about $30 so i really can't complain.
>
> For years I've used Dymo labels to replace keyboard legends.
> (Not the 1960s/1970s thick 3d labels, but 'printed' ones).  After
> sticking individual letters onto keytops (usually using tweezers
> to position them as accurately as possible) I put mutiple coats
> of clear nail varnish over them - which seems to lengthen their
> life & help to hold down the edges of the stickers.
>
> When they eventually need replaced it's sometimes difficult 
> to get a Dymo letter off a key, needing something sharp (eg
> a needle or scalpel) to lift the sticky label off the key.
>
> Then I clean the key with isopropyl alcohol (as used eg for
> cleaning heads on tape recorders), & make & attach a new
> label.
>
> Mostly I use Dymo media corresponding to the colour 
> scheme of the original keyboard, but - eg on a laptop
> which has white legends on black keys - I've replaced
> some legends with "black print on yellow tape" labels
> which are much easier to see and provide me with a
> few visual landmarks on the keyboard ... which helps me
> when I don't yet quite need to put a room light on.
>
> I keep hoping that my next laptop will have a backlit
> keyboard but very often the machines I choose (for
> other higher-priority criteria) don't have them.
>
> I've also tried a few clip-on mini lights (plugged into a
> spare USB socket) but many such lights come with poor
> quality clips &/ cables that are too short to reach the
> USB socket of choice (or indeed any USB socket). 

  i usually don't even look at the keyboard when i'm
typing.  just once in a while when i need to use a 
strange key.  :)  in the winter i may even type with
my hands under a light blanket.

  the idea of using a sticker is a good one but i have
black keys and no white ink.  however, i could get by
using something to just mark the key a bit in the right
shape to give me a hint if i need it.  so far i don't
seem to need it.

  this would really amaze my typing teacher from Jr.
High School (who is likely now long dead) as i managed
to flunk it.  at that time (several years before i
even first touched a computer) the class was all manual
typewriters and i was a bored trouble maker.  i did
deserve to be flunked - no excuse there at all...  but
what was funny is that i went on to college and having
to use a keypunch and then terminals of many kinds and
so with all the hours i spent at the keyboards i was
forced to learn how to touch type after all, so yes,
that teacher was right.  :)

  songbird

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