About the Collection
Sad Girl® – Heartbreak in the internet era. An ode to us, the generation who grew up pouring our souls on LiveJournal. Typing away while basking in the soft blue glow of CRT monitor. Right clicking on our crush to check their away message. Finally logging off at 3am.
Notes from the designer
Hey there! This is Susan, the creator of Mintlodica. I'm here to tell you the story behind Sad Girl:
My first PC tower had a giant cube of a CRT monitor. The serene blue light glowed with a whole new world. I'd (not so) secretly stay up until sunrise discovering new corners of the internet.
The flavor text here is not an exaggeration. My high school boyfriend did dump me on AIM. (A rite of passage in the aughts!) Despite that, I kept crushing online and doodling names on the sides of my notes.
The creativity of Web 1.0 was my inspiration and hope during a lonely upbringing. Those starlit nights and pointy ear companions got me through many broken hearts.
DSS vs DSA profile
Here's to DSS profile. DSS is my new favorite to type on. The sculpt catches my fingers and provides a gentle flow moving between rows. While DSA is the all time favorite for modularity, we hope you might give DSS a try and see how it feels!
More from the manufacturer: The DSS family is a medium height key with a spherical matte finish touch surface (similar to DSA) and a sculptured profile.
Baked in extensibility
A Base Kit which adapts to your evolving interests. After exploring the deep rabbit hole of customization, I came to adore 40% keyboards. The Base Kit bakes in extensibility from TKL to smaller specialty layouts.
Thanks again for your feedback on our Interest Check, it helped shape those decisions!
New Alpha Legends & Mod Icons
Fun fact! Sad Girl uses the same typeface as Magic Girl & Witch Girl. This intentional choice creates cohesion across Mintlodica designs. These alphas are our take on how we'd typeset capital case legends on the top-left corner. And I illustrated all new icon mods to match.
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Let customers speak for us
It came in perfectly new and fresh! The stars and flowers are so cute! This desk mat will be a perfect fit for my aesthetically pleasing gaming setup. ★
P.S. − Yellow is my favorite color. :)
I have a moonlander and I was so excited to get some custom keycaps on it. These look great, and I had a lot of fun choosing which symbols I wanted to put where :D
Gorgeous keycaps. I have always loved double shot DSA caps from signature plastics and I’m so glad that the legacy can continue to grow with these new sets using interesting new fonts. The colors are subtle and calm, and I appreciate the effort to offer something unique to the hobby that seems to be missing, other places
It's a great deskmat. Plenty of workspace, the colors pop nicely, the pattern is adorable, and it's well-constructed with just the right amount of friction on the working surface.
The design and the colors are all true to screen. The surface is nice for both my arms and my mouse. I got the mini, and it fits nicely underneath my monitor riser, so I can slide it in and out depending on what I need it for. Well, slide is not the best word for it, since the bottom is non-skid.
Mintlodica keycaps are so beautifully designed and the Witch Girl keycap set did not miss! When I first saw this set, I knew I had to nab it at some point, but missed the first time around. So when the next round was announced, I immediately jumped on the opportunity to grab these. One thing I appreciate so much is the versatility of this set and how it can work with so many different keyboard layouts. On top of that, the novelties are so beautiful and the soft colour palette is so soothing to look at. It really screams "Witchy vibes," which I love. I currently have the set on my green Dimi Alice and it fits so perfectly.
Thanks mintlodica & team. Looking forward to what designs come out next! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
I work from home and am on the computer a lot. This keycap set is so cute and brings me much joy whenever I type. The attention to detail and quality are amazing. Love the green and pink color combo and the DSA profile is comfortable to type on. Highly recommend the keycaps from mintlodica!
I have the magic girl keycaps as well and both look amazing!! on my two ergodox sets.
high quality as per usual, and I get so many compliments on my set.
I also deeply appreciate that the base kit is so flexible and can support split keeb layouts because other cute sets require you to buy the extras separately.
My only nit was that it was really hard to get them out of the case! in the past I got a whole box (very cutely magic girl themed) for storing them, but it's more space efficient now to store the remaining pieces in a mason jar I had.
Thanks mintlodica, 10/10 keycaps set!!
Super cute deskmat! Great quality and easily cleanable. Colors are vibrant too.
Item arrived perfectly to fit with my room's pink and green theme. the quality feels really good. fits perfectly on my desk!
Mousepad is lovely and vibrant! Can hardly tell it was B-Stock. Provides plenty of space which I needed for fps gaming! Was shipped after one week. Thank you so much!
I am in LOVE with this deskmat! It's very high quality, from the no-slip base to the stitching on the edges. I appreciate that the deskmat has some squish/padding to it. It helps with wrist pain while providing a nice feel.
