I would agree with that. They've been using that for a very long time. I've got some old Macs in the basement. I'll be right back...

...yep. Sorry it took so long. I had to empty the dehumidifier while I was down there. The early Macs had black Helvetica caps in the upper left corner of the keys. From the SE and Mac II on, it's been Univers 57 Condensed Oblique caps in the lower left corner all the way.

Ooh, so now I know.

When they will swicth from caps to lowercases, as the first level is not caps but lowercases!!!

Children when meet a keyboard for a first never understood that!

Then, select a good typeface who got a good euro design...

By the by, Apple's keyboard made specifically for the Newton uses Gill Sans Regular.

Funny to read you about Newton, I was on your newton server less than 15 mn ago!

I remember to have seen David Berlow (Font Bureau) using such gadget during ATypI Reading, back 1997? possible or just dream?

Jean, that is quite a coincidence! How did you manage to find yourself there?

The Newton was originally released in 1993 (discontinued in 1998), so it's very probable that Mr Berlow was using one at that particular ATypI. On a related note, at last year's TypeCon, I was showing Mark Simonson how I had converted his old hand-tuned bitmap fonts to work on my own Newton.

I don't understand why the letters can't be bigger and bolder. I have the black keyboard that came with early G4s and it can be really hard to read (and smudge easily). If it weren't for the little bump on the F and the J I'd be lost.

Exactly! My computer area is poorly lit. Even WITH the bumps, my typing sometimes looks like this:
jr;;pe. ,u ms,r od jp;;or

Reading letters in current Apple Alu laptops is not easy, and the light behind them never fit/contrast the light of your screen or the place where you are. The Ti ones where more simple and effective.

The black keyboard with white letters is still better!