Editing Topre Realforce (section)

==History==
Topre introduced their Realforce line of keyboards in Japan with the Realforce 106 (Model LA0100), released in June, 2001 for a price of 16,800 yen. At the time, they were producing 500 of these keyboards per month<ref name="realforce_2" />. The first [[Tenkeyless|tenkeyless]] board introduced was the Realforce 89 (Model ND0100). These early keyboards both had [[PS/2 interface|PS/2]] connectors and were in Japanese [[ANSI vs JIS|JIS]] layout.

Other noteworthy milestones include their first US [[ANSI vs ISO|ANSI]] layout keyboard, the Realforce 101 (Model ML0100) released in April, 2003 and their first [[USB]] keyboard, the Realforce 89U (Model NF0100) released in December, 2003. Korean Realforce keyboards in ANSI layout with Hangul printed characters were likely introduced around 2007, although there are some Hangul keyboards without confirmed release dates. The first [[ANSI vs ISO|ISO]] layout keyboard was probably the Realforce 105UFW (Model WE1100), a Finnish layout keyboard released in December, 2009. The standalone Realforce 23U and 23UB numpads were released in August, 2009. Both numpads were discontinued in early 2014, but were re-introduced in September, 2014. 

In September, 2011, Topre celebrated their 10th Anniversary by releasing a line of 87U keyboards in Korea<ref name="realforce_3" />. 

In August, 2012, Topre announced that they would be ceasing production and sale of a number of full size keyboards, including the Realforce 106, 101, 103U and 103UB as they have been largely superseded by the 104U, 104UB and 108U keyboards<ref name="realforce_4" />. 

In April, 2013, Topre released their first ‘Hi-Pro’ Realforce keyboards. Previously only available on OEM keyboards made for the data input industry, Topre’s high profile (Hi-Pro) spherical keycaps are noted for their reduced hand travel away from the home row and their cupped keycaps reduce the chance of finger slips<ref name="realforce_5" />.[[File:First Logo - 400px Wide.png|thumb|200px|First logo]][[File:Second Logo - 400px Wide.png|thumb|200px|Second logo]][[File:Third Logo - 400px Wide.png|thumb|200px|Third (current) logo]]

At Computex Taipei, 2015, Topre presented a modified version of their [[Type Heaven]] keyboard with RGB back-lighting. At the same event, they also showcased a prototype Realforce keyboard with analog switches, later revealed to have the model number 'ANKBTP', an acronym for '''An'''alog '''K'''ey'''b'''oard '''T'''est '''P'''roduct. In demonstrations, a representative from Topre is shown using the ANKBTP to play a portion of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. In another demonstration, a user playing a car racing video-game shows how it is possible to maintain a low speed and then accelerate gradually using the analog switches -- a feat not possible on most traditional keyboard switch designs. These two keyboards made a number of appearances during 2015 and 2016, until Topre unveiled the Realforce RGB in May, 2016 at Computex. The Type Heaven with RGB back-lighting may have been a proof of concept or a stand-in as Topre developed the new case for the Realforce RGB; which will be the first face-lift that the Realforce case has had since it was introduced to the general public in 2001. In October, 2016, Topre announced the Realforce 108UH-ANLG, which has all of the features demonstrated on the ANKBTP. It became available for sale in Japan on the 4th of November, 2016.

In November, 2016, the Realforce RGB was released.

At the Tokyo Game Show, held in September, 2017, Topre revealed a new line of Realforce keyboards<ref name="realforce_15" />. Dubbed the 'Realforce R2', the new keyboards borrow features from the previously released Realforce RGB, including the case and PCB design, and on some R2 models, the APC (Actuation Point Changer) feature. The initial announcement comprised of 8 Japanese-layout models. The 2 standard and 2 standard + silenced models were released in October and November respectively. The 4 APC models were released in December, 2017.

===Logo===
Topre have used three different logos on their Realforce keyboards. The first one was a very simple blue italicised logo in title case, possibly in Bookmania Black font. The second logo was all grey and upper case with a strike-through effect and the words separated, in a font that is similar to Miedinger Medium or Bold. The second logo also introduced the Latin capital letter turned ‘V’ (Ʌ) in place of the ‘A’. Their third and current logo is white, upper case, and has the turned ‘V’ in red protruding slightly above the rest of the word. This logo appears to be Cincinnatus font.