Keyboard stickers – an English word for German Tastaturaufkleber - Why I’m their largest fan

Keyboard stickers – an English word for German Tastaturaufkleber - Why I’m their largest fan

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Keyboard stickers – an English word for German Tastaturaufkleber - Why I’m their largest fan

If you are interested in the background information about Tastaturaufkleber then this article can provide useful details to you. You will be able to understand the way stickers work and see why they really can be a long term solution for multilingual text tipping.

Let’s take a look at what you get if you buy some stickers for your PC. It usually does look like a miltilayered sheet of paper.

Do you know the construction behind this simple letters on a plastic foil? It is not much but it is by all means tricky. There are a lot of fineness affecting quality and making the difference. 

There are four layers with different functions. 
  • Varnish coat: protects sensitive foil from scratches and makes the surface look more shiny and makes it robust
  • Plastic foil: main part of the sticker. It is a kind of a rack or carrier. All other layers more or less cling to the plastic foil. In most cases it is transparent to assure best possible visibility on the subjacent letters.
  • Letter: foreign language or rather script character which is printed on rear site of stickers foil. It provides you the colour you want and the lightness you need for this colour
  • Adhesive layer: this part is responsible for adhesive strength. It is the most deciding factor on life time and quality of your “Tastaturaufkleber
 
The picture on the left hand side shows you a graphical overview of described layers. 

There are of course also other build ups with different sequences of vanish coat, plastic foil and letters. Some options also do not have any vanish. In this case letters should not be located on top of plastic foil. Abrasion will make “Tastaturaufkleber” unusable.

In addition there are stickers which are applied to make keyboard look nicer. This type of beautification is usually made by pictures which you can have on keys of your computer. I’ll not go into it since this has nothing to do with multilingual text tipping and helping people to save time and efforts. If someone likes this type of fun – go ahead and use them. I will not.

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