What's a good keyboard whose letters don't wear off.

In My Humble Opinion
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I have an IBM Model M keyboard made in 1986 by these guys, and all the key lettering is 100% fine after 35 years. Plus these clicky keyboards have a great typing feel.

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I found that keyboard interesting. It comes in “white” (actually light gray), cheap, good reviews and a Doper recommendation.

But … (there’s always a but):

The lettering is a medium gray. What??? That is not good. Seriously?

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Oh, sorry. I got the black one.

My best guess would be that they bought into that whole “black on white is too much contrast” theme that hit so many websites (and is just finally starting to get better).

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Well…I have a Keytronic keyboard and it is great. I’ve had it for years. However, I had to have my computer experts (sons) do things to it so that it works with the computer I got in 2017. I don’t think the keyboard maker is still in business. I see that you can buy the keyboards “refurbished,” I don’t know if that means they have USB connections.

Before they did that I routinely typed my S off, and there was no N in sight.

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My keyboard at work is pretty good. However I don’t know when I’ll be able to look at it to tell you what it is. I’ve had it since we changed to Windows 7, approximately 2008, and the keys are still readable.

I believe it’s Lenovo. I can touch type English but often find it more convenient to use a German keyboard, so my keyboard has the Swiss German layout (not the same as the German layout) and I change the language as necessary. I can still read all the characters.

My Macbook air (2012, home computer) has the same setup. I can also read all the letters and symbols. However, I don’t think I type as much at home as I do at work.

If the wife doesn’t use the computer as much (meaning, she’s not the one wearing out the keys), how about his and hers keyboards? My husband likes a keyboard with mechanical key switches, so he bought one for the desktop at home. I find it a bit weird to get used to when I need to use it, but it doesn’t take long.

For the purpose of this post, I just took a look at it. The key identification is on the upper left of each key, so probably they should not wear down as fast. Most key identification is directly in the middle. As he has a mac, he has the Mac edition of the Model S from Das Keyboard. For us touch typists, the F and J have bumps, as is standard.