Abstract: A keypad for a portable telephone and manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of printing characters on a transparent, planar film; pre-forming the planar film through a pressing process such that the planar film has a predetermined shape including a plurality of depressions; punching slits in the pressed planar film around the depressions; filling liquid silicone rubber into the depressions of the pressed planar film; forming a keypad by pressing the silicon rubber in a metal mold so as to fabricate an integrated keypad in which keys are interconnected; and trimming an outer periphery of the formed keypad according to a predetermined keypad shape.