qLpwLrfLmpLigLijRilRiuRmyRr;Rp[Rp]Rp\RpaLprLrsLmtLidLihRinRieRmiRroRp'RpzLpxLrcLmvLibLikRimRi,Rm.Rr/RpThe ridges under t and n are how both index fingers find home.
Read the ten keys of the row straight across: a r s t d h n e i o. Those are the ten most frequent letters in English, all within one row — eight of them under a resting finger and the other two, d and h, one index reach in. The finger codes show the payoff: e sits under the right middle finger and t under the left index, the two commonest letters on two of the strongest fingers, where QWERTY leaves them on the top row.
Dvorak & Colemak colemak home row
0 wpm 100% acc target 18/93%
1 resting keys 2 index reaches 3 words 4 passage
resting keys one key at a time
  • switch your OS keyboard to Colemak before this lesson
  • Colemak rests your fingers on a r s t / n e i o
  • the bumps are under t and n — your index fingers
home position
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