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It looks out of place as a sculpted key next to keys with printed legends. I think what would be better is a slightly simpler picture of Tux with thicker lines that can be filled in like a normal key legend. Or the lines could be filled in with a different color on the printer, for printers that support that.
But no, i haven't seen any better Tux caps. I also haven't looked, so for all i know they're out there. I could probably throw something together in Blender if people really want this.
I forgot how frustrating Blender's boolean modifiers can be sometimes. I did try but Blender crashed my computer.
I'm about ready to give up on solving this problem that i have no personal stake in, but here's what i was planning to do.
I found suitable caps for MX and Choc V1, though i didn't get around to trying the Choc files.
The SVG i used is based on the flat one here, and my monochome single-object version is here, since i can't upload an SVG in a comment here. It's text but you can copy that into a plain text editor (xed, Notepad, etc.) and save it as an SVG file.
On the custom keyboard i'm designing, my plan is actually to use U+2756 ❖ as the legend for my super key if i ever put legends on the keys. That key doesn't have a standard symbol but this one works well enough.
Yeah this kind of task is better suited to a CAD program than blender.
I have no Blender skills whatsoever, so if you want to give it a go that'd be grand, of course!
I have looked for other Tux caps, but this was the best one I found.