diff --git a/examples/quefrency.scad b/examples/quefrency.scad
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index 0000000..17b533a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quefrency.scad
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// the point of this file is to be a sort of DSL for constructing keycaps.
+// when you create a method chain you are just changing the parameters
+// key.scad uses, it doesn't generate anything itself until the end. This
+// lets it remain easy to use key.scad like before (except without key profiles)
+// without having to rely on this file. Unfortunately that means setting tons of
+// special variables, but that's a limitation of SCAD we have to work around
+
+include <./includes.scad>
+
+quefrency_default("cherry") dishless() tined_stem_support(0) key();
+x
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diff --git a/src/key_layouts.scad b/src/key_layouts.scad
index 10b5630..72dfe14 100644
--- a/src/key_layouts.scad
+++ b/src/key_layouts.scad
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ include <layouts/dactyl_manuform/4x6.scad>
 include <layouts/dactyl_manuform/4x6_legends.scad>
 
 include <layouts/plate.scad>
+
+include <layouts/quefrency/default.scad>
diff --git a/src/layouts/quefrency/default.scad b/src/layouts/quefrency/default.scad
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+++ b/src/layouts/quefrency/default.scad
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+include <../layout.scad>
+
+quefrency_default_layout = [
+  [1,1, -1, 1,1,1,1,1,1,1, -1, 1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1],
+  [1,1, -1, 1.5,1,1,1,1,1,-1, 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1.5,1],
+  [1,1, -1, 1.75,1,1,1,1,1,-1, 1,1,1,1,1,1,2.25,1],
+  [1,1, -1, 2.25,1,1,1,1,1,-1, 1,1,1,1,1,1.75,1,1],
+  [1,1, -1, 1.25,1.25,1.25,1.25,2.25, -1, 2.75, 1,1,1,1,1,1]
+];
+
+quefrency_legends = [
+  ["F1", "F2", "", "", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "", "7", "8", "9", "0", "-", "=", "", "F11"],
+  ["F3", "F4", "", "tab", "q", "w", "e", "r", "t", "", "y", "u", "i", "o", "p", "[", "]", "\\", "F12"],
+  ["F5", "F6", "", "caps", "a", "s", "d", "f", "g", "", "h", "j", "k", "l", ";", "'", "", "F13"],
+  ["F7", "F8", "", "", "z", "x", "c", "v", "b", "", "n", "m", ",", ".", "/", "", "", "F14"],
+  ["F9", "F10", "", "ctl", "opt", "cmd", "fn", "", "", "", "cmd", "opt", "ctl", "", "", ""],
+];
+
+module quefrency_default(profile) {
+  layout(quefrency_default_layout, profile, quefrency_legends, row_sculpting_offset=1) children();
+}