Have you ever wanted your keyboard to look as unique as you are? 

You might not know it, but keycap customization has become very popular among gamers, streamers, and keyboard enthusiasts in recent years. 

What started out as a hobby has transformed into a full-blown community of designers who have swapped out standard caps for vibrant PBT sets, collectible artisan keys, and GMK-inspired layouts that match their creative vision.

Today, more creators are capitalizing on this trend by selling their own custom keycaps as collectibles, providing their fans with a unique way to personalize their keyboards while sharing their artistic vision with their community.

And thanks to Fourthwall’s collaboration with Infinikey, creators now have the ability to design and sell their own novelty keycaps directly through their Fourthwall shop, turning their keyboard ideas into one-of-a-kind pieces that their fans can proudly show off.

So if you’re itching to design your very own keyboard set for your community, this guide will help you get started!

Why Custom Keycaps Are So Appealing

Custom keycaps aren’t just for functionality anymore; they’re a form of artistic expression that makes your keyboard yours. 

You can turn any standard setup into a personal statement, whether that means sleek minimalist vibes, bold color explosions, or wild, one-of-a-kind designs. 

However, it’s not just about looks. The right keycap set can completely change how typing feels, delivering a tactile snap and feedback that off-the-shelf caps can’t touch.

ABS keycaps, like the iconic GMK sets, feel soft under your fingers and have a slightly muted sound, while PBT keycaps are built to last, offering a satisfying texture and crisp, tactile feedback. 

Artisan resin caps push things even further, with custom molds, color swirls, and experimental finishes that provide designers with something truly one-of-a-kind.

By the time you’re done, you’re left with a setup that’s not just functional, but a piece of art that reflects your style and personality.

How to Request Your Custom Keycap Design on Fourthwall

Step 1: Choose Your Keycap Type

Once you log onto your dashboard, select the "Create" button on the upper left-hand corner and choose "Create Product."

Next, you'll be presented with a menu with three options. Select "Design a New Product" to access our product catalog and choose your keycap options.

Fourthwall offers three customizable options to choose from:

Infinikey IFK-NOV – Novelty Set

This option includes 4–10 keycaps, making it perfect for small, themed sets or limited-edition designs.

Each keycap is MX-compatible, Cherry-profiled for comfort, and features premium PBT dye-sublimation that keeps legends vibrant and long-lasting.

Novelty sets allow flexible kitting, letting you mix and match sizes while keeping production relatively affordable.

Infinikey IFK-SK – Single Keycap

The single keycap option is ideal for testing new designs, creating collectible pieces, or running a low-risk trial.

It’s MX-compatible and uses Cherry-profile PBT keycaps with dye-sublimated legends, giving you the same premium feel as larger sets.

This option is a quick way to gauge interest from your audience without committing to a full run.

Infinikey IFK-FS – Full Set

For creators aiming to offer a complete keyboard experience, the full set includes 120 MX-compatible keycaps that cover compact and full-size layouts.

Cherry-profiled and made with premium PBT dye-sublimation, this set allows for maximum creative expression and brand immersion.

While the investment is higher, it gives fans a fully cohesive, high-quality product to interact with.

Step 2: Submit a Request Form

Once you’ve chosen your keycap type, the next step is to let our product experts know exactly what you want.

Full-set custom keycaps require manual setup, so filling out the request form carefully ensures your design comes to life exactly as you envision it.

Here’s what you’ll need to provide:

• Quantity of Units: Enter how many keycaps you want to order. For full sets, the minimum is 100 units. Consider your audience size and launch goals. Having too few might lead to quick depletion, while having too many could tie up unnecessary funds.
• Ideal Selling Price per Unit: Let us know the price you plan to sell each keycap or set for. This helps our team align production recommendations with your budget and expected margins.
• Launch Timeline: When are you hoping to release your keycaps? Providing a target launch date allows our team to schedule production and make sure your custom keycaps arrive on time.
• Design Description: Describe your vision in detail: include colors, sizes, artwork placement, or any special effects you want on your keycaps. The more detail you provide, the more accurately we can bring your idea to life.
• Upload Artwork: Attach your design files, making sure they meet the minimum resolution of 144 DPI. Higher-resolution artwork ensures your keycaps look crisp, sharp, and professional.
• Optional Reference Images: If you have inspiration images, sketches, or examples of layouts you like, upload them here. These references help our team understand your vision and get as close as possible to the look you want.

After filling out all the fields, hit "Submit Request," and a member of the Fourthwall product team will reach out to guide you through the next steps.

Step 3: Approve Samples and Launch

Now that you’ve submitted your request, the next phase is all about seeing your design in the real world.

Fourthwall can produce sample keycaps so you can check PBT texture, dye-sublimation details, or resin finishes to make sure every cap meets your expectations.

Sample Requests

• Novelty Set Custom Keycaps: $75 per set | Sample Production: 45–60 days
• Single Custom Keycap: $30 per keycap | Sample Production: 45–60 days
• Full Set Custom Keycaps: $150 per set | Sample Production: 45–60 days

Make Adjustments if Needed

After reviewing your samples, you can tweak your artwork, adjust colors, or modify placement before moving forward.

This step ensures the final production matches your creative vision exactly, so your fans get a product you’re proud to share.

Full Production

Once your samples are approved, production begins. Estimated timelines for full runs are:

• Novelty Set Custom Keycaps: 45–70 days
• Single Custom Keycap: 45–70 days
• Full Set Custom Keycaps: 45–70 days

Launching Your Custom Keycaps

While your keycaps are in production, it’s time to prepare your audience for the drop.

Tease your designs on social media, share sneak peeks of your sample photos, and talk about what makes your keycaps unique.

Build hype with behind-the-scenes looks at your design process or explain the story behind your theme. By the time your keycaps are ready, your fans will be excited and ready to buy.

Tips for Designing Standout Keycaps

Designing your own keycap set isn’t just about choosing colors; it’s about crafting a product that’s both functional and visually striking. 

To help your designs hit the mark, we’ve put together some helpful tips to make your keycaps stand out from the crowd.

Choose the Right Design Platform

Your software choice can make or break your keycap design process. 

Tools like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop let you create high-resolution artwork that translates cleanly onto tiny surfaces, while free alternatives like GIMP or Inkscape can also get the job done. 

Many platforms offer keyboard templates or mockups, helping you visualize how your design flows across an ANSI or ISO layout before production.

Research Popular Trends & Inspiration

Check out what other designers are creating in the keycap community. 

Platforms like Reddit, Instagram, and enthusiast forums showcase a range of styles, from minimalist to wild, resin-based artisan keycaps. 

Identify trends that resonate with your brand and put your own twist on them to keep your designs fresh and unique.

Sketch & Visualize Your Concept

Before sending your keycaps to production, take the time to sketch your ideas, either on paper or with digital tools. 

Mockups and 3D rendering software let you see your design across the full keyboard, helping you catch alignment issues and balance color schemes before it’s too late. 

Play around with layout flow, key placement, and accent keys to make sure your set feels cohesive, polished, and visually striking from every angle.

Keep Your Designs Bold & Clear

Keycaps are tiny canvases, so overly intricate designs can get lost in translation. 

Focus on bold, simple artwork that’s instantly recognizable, whether it’s a standout artisan resin key or a full GMK keycap set. 

Clear visuals not only make each key distinct but also give your custom mechanical keyboard a cohesive, polished, and professional look that pops from across the desk.

Consider Color Contrast

Legibility is everything when it comes to keycap design. 

Using high-contrast color combinations ensures legends pop against the keycap background, keeping your design functional while still looking stylish.

 This is especially crucial for PBT or GMK keycaps, where dye-sublimated legends not only stay vibrant over time but also preserve clarity, so your set remains striking even after hours of typing or gaming.

Highlight Material Benefits

The material you choose shapes not just the appearance of your keycaps, but also how they feel under your fingers. 

PBT keycaps with dye-sublimation are prized for their durability as they can resist shine, fading, and wear, keeping your set looking crisp even after heavy use. 

On the other hand, ABS keycaps provide a softer, smoother touch with a slightly muted sound, appealing to those who prefer a gentler typing experience. 

Picking the right material ensures your custom mechanical keyboard delivers both long-lasting performance and a satisfying tactile feel.

Experiment and Iterate

Designing keycaps is all about exploration, so don’t settle on your first idea. 

Experiment with different color palettes, material choices, and keycap profiles to find what works best for your layout. 

Iterating on your designs, such as testing small tweaks, swapping modifiers, or adjusting legend placement, can help you refine a cohesive, eye-catching set that truly represents your style and personality.

5 Creator-Made Keycap Sets That Bring Style to Every Keystroke

Looking for inspiration for your next keyboard design?

Below are a few creators and brands that used Fourthwall to turn their signature styles into collectible, fan-ready keycap sets.

From playful doodles to striking, theme-driven designs, each set shows how personality and a little creativity can shine through every keystroke.

The BasiilLeaf Keyset 

Ever doodled on the margins of your notebook and thought, “I wish I could bring this to my keyboard”? Well, that’s exactly what streamer BasillLeaf did.

The Basiilleaf Keyset brings her playful, whimsical style to life with a soft, inviting palette of white, pink, and grey. 

This 132-piece set features interchangeable cat-inspired icons and designs, letting you customize every key to reflect your personality. 

Perfect for fans of cute, themed artisan keycaps, it turns any mechanical keyboard into a standout, personality-filled centerpiece.

Sumit Basra’s Lego-Compatible Set

Tech reviewer and engineer, Sumit Basra, brings a playful, block-inspired twist to his mechanical keyboard. 

This 84-key Lego-inspired set is 3D-printed with care and features a bright, cheerful color palette, making each keystroke feel vibrant and fun. 

Perfect for fans of Lego or anyone looking to add a whimsical, tactile flair, these keycaps turn a standard keyboard into a colorful, interactive statement piece.

P3R Keycap Set

Step into the world of Persona 3 Reload with ATLUS West’s P3R Keycap Set, designed to capture the popular JRPG’s aesthetic. 

Featuring light and dark blue tones with two striking red accent caps and character icons on the F-row keys, this 115-piece set adds a touch of in-game personality to any mechanical keyboard. 

Crafted from premium PBT with dye-sublimated legends and a Cherry-profile design, it delivers both durable performance and a comfortable, fluid typing experience.

Slimecicle’s Slimy Keyboard

YouTuber and Twitch streamer, Charlie “Slimecicle” Dalgleish, brings his quirky, slime-inspired brand to your desk with this exclusive keyboard set. 

This bundle, which includes a pre-assembled translucent green Keychron board paired with custom Slimykey keycaps, perfectly captures the gamer’s slime-filled aesthetic. 

Built with hot-swappable Keychron K Pro Silver switches and MX-compatible Cherry-profile PBT keycaps, this set combines durable performance with a bold, collectible design for fans of Slimecicle’s world.

Kson Keycap Set

Kson, the energetic Japanese-language VTuber and streamer, has taken her vibrant online persona from screen to keyboard with this striking keycap set. 

Inspired by her anime icon character, the set features a dramatic half-black, half-white design: white caps etched with subtle cracks and black caps splattered like blood, with her anime icon showcased prominently on the spacebar. 

Crafted from durable Infinkey PBT, these MX-compatible keycaps fit 60% to full-size ANSI keyboards and are designed to resist fading or shine over time, making them a bold collectible for fans.

Ready to Bring Your Keyboard Creations to Life?

Don’t just dream about the perfect keycap set; make it a reality with Fourthwall. 

From designing custom keycaps in collaboration with Infinikey to selling them directly to your fans, Fourthwall gives you all the tools to bring your creative vision to life.

Build your brand with a fully customizable storefront, offer limited-edition drops, launch memberships, sell digital products, and track your sales and audience insights all in one place.

Whether you’re a gamer, streamer, or keyboard enthusiast, Fourthwall makes it easy to turn your passion into a collectible, fan-ready experience.

Start creating today!

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the different styles of keycaps?

Keycaps come in a variety of profiles, shapes, and materials that affect both typing feel and aesthetics.

Popular profiles include Cherry, OEM, SA, and DSA, each offering a distinct height and curvature across the keyboard.

Materials like ABS and PBT, along with different printing techniques, also contribute to the look, durability, and tactile experience of your set.

Do any keycaps fit any keyboard?

Not all keycaps are universal, as compatibility really depends on your keyboard’s layout and the type of switches it uses.

Most MX-style switches, including Cherry, Gateron, and Outemu, support a wide range of MX-compatible keycaps, but specialized layouts or non-MX switches may require custom sets.

Always check the keycap set specifications to ensure proper fit before purchasing.

Why are GMK keycaps so expensive?

GMK keycaps are made from high-quality ABS plastic using precise double-shot molding, which gives them sharp, durable legends that won’t fade over time.

They’re often produced in Germany in smaller runs, which adds to the cost but ensures superior craftsmanship and consistency.

For enthusiasts, the combination of premium materials, vibrant colors, and collectible designs makes the investment worthwhile.