jjgignac 11 Posted January 9 (edited) I created this image for converting a classic mechanical PC keyboard into an X16 keyboard. You can print it on inkjet-printable sticker paper, and cut out the stickers. It works with the "print then cut" mode on my wife's Cricut cutting plotter. BTW, Although the graphics are obviously inspired by Commodore's work, I created this image from scratch by hand-editing a PostScript file in a text editor, so there shouldn't be any copyright concerns. Edit: The image should be printed at 600dpi, with a size of 6.5" x 3.125" Edited January 9 by jjgignac Specify image dimensions for printing 6 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrdoornbos 43 Posted January 9 Neat, what did you create this in? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjgignac 11 Posted January 9 3 hours ago, mrdoornbos said: Neat, what did you create this in? I wrote the original source as a PostScript program. It probably would've been more natural to do it in Inkscape or something like that, but I happen to be fluent in PostScript anyway and it allowed me to make bulk adjustments easily. (Like adjusting the sizes of all the buttons with one quick edit.) I used Gimp to make final edits. Specifically, I moved the buttons around so they'd fit in a space that worked conveniently for the "print then cut" feature. (The Postscript output is laid out more like the actual keyboard.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrdoornbos 43 Posted January 9 Interesting, I was just going to work on some C64 keycap stickers for a project. I'll probably use Affinity Designer methinks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjgignac 11 Posted January 9 Here's the finished product, printed on weatherproof inkjet-printable vinyl sticker paper: 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlithyMatt 420 Posted January 9 Very cool! I wonder if you could get beige sticker stock to make it match better? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cuvtixo 1 Posted January 9 6 hours ago, jjgignac said: I wrote the original source as a PostScript program. I am so jealous. I've wanted to say this for a long time, got a blue PostScript book in the mid 90s and never did anything more than glance at it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjgignac 11 Posted January 9 3 hours ago, SlithyMatt said: Very cool! I wonder if you could get beige sticker stock to make it match better? No need for beige stock since it's printed on a colour printer. Making it match might be nice, but if I'm going to do that, I'd probably want to retr0brite all the keys first. Not sure if it's worth the trouble at this point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlithyMatt 420 Posted January 10 21 minutes ago, jjgignac said: No need for beige stock since it's printed on a colour printer. Making it match might be nice, but if I'm going to do that, I'd probably want to retr0brite all the keys first. Not sure if it's worth the trouble at this point. As @Perifractic would say, "DEWIT!" 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EMwhite 55 Posted January 13 On 1/9/2021 at 9:58 AM, jjgignac said: I wrote the original source as a PostScript program. Can you provide a snippet of code, just so we can marvel at how complex it is. It doesn't have to work by itself, just curious to see it (I too had a PostScript book in the 90s and recall 'throwing' code at our AppleLaser printer, but nothing like this!). Well done! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjgignac 11 Posted Friday at 05:44 PM On 1/13/2021 at 8:49 AM, EMwhite said: Can you provide a snippet of code, just so we can marvel at how complex it is. It doesn't have to work by itself, just curious to see it (I too had a PostScript book in the 90s and recall 'throwing' code at our AppleLaser printer, but nothing like this!). Well done! I'll clean it up a bit then post the whole thing today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjgignac 11 Posted Friday at 08:30 PM On 1/13/2021 at 8:49 AM, EMwhite said: Can you provide a snippet of code, just so we can marvel at how complex it is. It doesn't have to work by itself, just curious to see it (I too had a PostScript book in the 90s and recall 'throwing' code at our AppleLaser printer, but nothing like this!). Well done! I've attached the entire file, cleaned up nicely. But here's a small snippet, as requested: Quote 34 outline (@)(2)(Wht)(Brn) digit-key 34 outline (#)(3)(Red)(L.Red) digit-key 34 outline ($)(4)(Cyn)(D.Gry) digit-key 34 outline gsave 0.6 setgray newpath 25 8 4 60 300 arc stroke 20 9.3 moveto 26 9.3 lineto stroke 20 7.3 moveto 26 7.3 lineto stroke grestore (%)(5)(Pur)(M.Gry) digit-key x16-keycap-stickers.ps 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites