One of the more striking aspects of the keyboard's look is the south-facing keycaps. This means that the tops are entirely black, with the letters and numbers written on the part of the caps that ...

The Epomaker EK68 is a compact, portable keyboard with a cool design and it offers a lovely typing and casual gaming experience — it ticks a lot of boxes.

There is easy access to the function and arrow keys and each key has a south-facing LED that illuminates the keyboard with ...

and while I can’t say just how much better these new keycaps will make this, this is a promising upgrade. The swap from south-facing to north-facing RGB has a big part to play in this.

To help touch typists, the keycaps have light-emitting homing bars, illuminated by south-facing LEDs beneath each switch which can help orientate the user when typing, especially in dimly lit rooms.