Editing Blank key

A '''blank key''' is a key with no [[legend]] on the [[:Category:Keycaps | keycap]].
A '''blank keyboard''' with only blank keys can have keys in any colour, different colours on different keys or even a pattern but no symbol.

Blank keyboards were made popular with early [[Happy Hacking Keyboard]]s by [[PFU]] and with the first [[Das Keyboard]] by [[Metadot]].

== Otaku ==
[[File:Otaku.png|200px|thumb|right|The "Otaku newsletter" by EliteKeyboards.]]
The term "Otaku" for noting a blank keyboard was coined on June 12, 2009, by keyboard store [[EliteKeyboards]]. It was used on their site's product pages and in a newsletter<ref>http://deskthority.net/wiki/File:Otaku.png</ref> which announced a limited edition of white [[Filco]] Majestouch [[:Category:Tenkeyless keyboards | tenkeyless keyboards]]. On [[Geekhack]], member Majestouch (fronting for EliteKeyboards) explained this was picked as a catchy marketing term<ref>http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?5462-Filco-in-the-USA&p=95937&viewfull=1#post95937</ref>.

Outside keyboards, "Otaku ({{lang|jp|お宅 / オタク}}) is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga or video games."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku</ref>
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== List of blank keyboards ==
Although many keyboards can be modified with a blank [[keycap]] set, some are blank from the start:

* Some [[Happy Hacking Keyboard]]s
* [[Das Keyboard | Das Keyboard Ultimate]]
* Variations of the [[G80-3000]]: sightings: G80-3000LSCXX, G80-3000LPCXY-2, G80-3000LPCXX-2, although these are intended for OEMs to add their own legends.
* [[Cherry G83-6000]] can be ordered unlabled with language code "XX" for every variant, for example at http://keybo.de/, although they are not listed.
* Variations of the [[Filco]] Majestouch line.
* Variations of [[Leopold]] Cherry MX keyboards.
* Variations of [[Unicomp]] keyboards.

==Pictures==
<gallery widths=160px heights=120>
File:Filco_otaku.jpg|The original [[Filco]] "Otaku" keyboard.
File:Ibm_otaku.jpg|[[IBM]] blank keyboard.
File:Cherry_otaku.jpg|[[Cherry G80-5000]], with blank "Otaku" style keys.
</gallery>

== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Realforce]] keyboards with black-on-anthracite legends (practically Otaku in low lighting conditions)
* [[Ninja]] — Filco term for keyboard with sideprinting

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