kōyō is a sleek, minimalistic keyboard layout, designed with a 34-key split configuration. Its name is inspired by the harmony and elegance of Japanese aesthetics and the calming feeling of autumn leaves.
In Japanese, kōyō (紅葉) translates to "autumn leaves" and is used to describe the phenomenon of leaves changing color in the autumn season. The word is composed of two kanji characters: kō (紅) meaning "crimson" and yō (葉) meaning "leaf".
- QWERTY: Familiar layout to ease the transition.
- Compact Design: Comprising only 34 keys, optimized for efficiency and ergonomics.
- Alpha Keys on Bottom Row: Easily accessible, with no need to move your hands, and non blocking for for the home row.
- Utility Extension Layer: Conveniently located under the space bar, with arrow keys, alphas, and other essential tools.
- Dedicated Symbol Layers: Two dedicated layers for symbols for each hand, which are semantically arranged for easy remembrance.
- Integrated Num Pad: Enables quick numerical inputs.
- Functional Key Pad: Direct access to function keys.
