NuPhy expands Berry low-profile keycaps with Alchemical Manuscripts set

NuPhy has pushed Berry into real low-profile territory with Alchemical Manuscripts, the seventh official colorway in its Berry profile family. That matters because it says the low-profile aftermarket is no longer an afterthought. It is starting to look like a proper ecosystem, with its own design language, its own compatibility targets, and its own reason for existing beyond just shaving a few millimeters off typing height.

Alchemical Manuscripts leans hard into the visual side of that evolution. NuPhy says the set takes cues from classical alchemy, occult symbols, and ancient manuscript diagrams, while the caps themselves use KeyTok PBT with dye-sublimated legends. The set ships as a 124-key layout and sells for $59.95, which puts it in the range where low-profile owners can treat it as a real refresh rather than a novelty splurge. It is built to work across boards from 60% to 100%, but there is one clear limitation: no ISO Enter key, which is a meaningful miss for some non-U.S. layouts.

The bigger story is not the art direction. It is what Berry now represents for NuPhy owners. Berry is NuPhy’s low-profile profile family, shaped to preserve the familiar feel of Cherry-style typing while fitting low-profile keyboards. That makes this release useful for anyone trying to get a more custom look without giving up the lower travel and flatter stance that brought them to low-profile boards in the first place. On full-height keyboards, keycap options are everywhere. On low-profile boards, compatibility is tighter and the menu is much thinner, so each new Berry set carries more weight.

NuPhy’s own low-profile lineup gives the release a wide landing zone: Air 60 V2, Air 75 V2, Air 96 V2, Air 75 V3, Air 60 HE, and Air 75 HE. Berry pages also point to support for compact low-profile layouts in 60, 75, and 96 sizes, including the Air series, Air60 HE, Air75 HE, Kick75 Low-profile, and Node 75 Low-profile. That breadth is the real takeaway here. NuPhy is not just dropping another themed keycap set. It is building a platform where low-profile users can swap the look of a board, keep the same typing feel, and finally get some of the personalization that full-height keyboard fans have had for years.