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How is it called in English when the button has a hole in the shape of the letter and that hole is filled with transparent plastic?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it is the two-step injection mold process that is double shot.

https://hirosarts.com/blog/what-are-double-shot-keycaps/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's it. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'd call them shine-through keycaps or backlit keycaps if I had to search for them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Engraving isn't a hole, more like scratching on the surface, isn't it? In my case you can see through. Not much but definitely you can see light.