Start with the keyboard layout you actually use. Each SureTyping layout page explains the lesson path, links into live drills, and shows how your customized training can keep the practice loop going after each lesson.
QWERTY
Practice the standard keyboard layout used on most laptops and desktop keyboards with a lesson path that starts simple and scales into full-keyboard control.
Best for new typists, students, office users, and anyone who wants faster typing on the default keyboard they already use every day.
Explore QWERTYColemak
Practice Colemak with layout-aware lesson pages that explain where the focus keys sit on Colemak and link straight into live drills on SureTyping.
Best for typists who want an ergonomic alternative to QWERTY without the full disruption of a more radical layout switch.
Explore ColemakColemak Wide
Practice Colemak Wide with layout-aware lesson pages built around SteveP's published wide-mod concept for row-stagger boards, which shifts the right-hand block outward and places brackets and slash in the center columns.
Best for Colemak users who want more hand separation, lighter right-pinky load, and easier access to center-column symbols without abandoning standard Colemak's letter logic.
Explore Colemak WideColemak-DH
Practice Colemak-DH with layout-aware lesson pages built around the ANSI row-stagger version of stevep99's widely adopted DH modification, which moves the index-finger keys for a flatter, more comfortable reach.
Best for Colemak learners who want reduced lateral index-finger movement and are willing to retrain the D, H, G, B, M, and V positions that differ from standard Colemak.
Explore Colemak-DHColemak-DH Wide
Practice Colemak-DH Wide with layout-aware lesson pages based on the published ANSI wide variant of Colemak-DH, which keeps the DH letter changes while shifting the right-hand block outward and moving brackets and slash into the center columns.
Best for Colemak-DH users who want the flatter DH index-finger pattern plus wider hand separation and easier center-column punctuation access on a row-stagger board.
Explore Colemak-DH WideColemak-DHk
Practice Colemak-DHk with layout-aware lesson pages built around the older published DHk variant, where k stays on the home row and m stays on the bottom row instead of following the newer DH standard.
Best for typists already using the legacy DHk variant or anyone who wants to compare the older k-home-row version against standard Colemak and the newer Colemak-DH mapping.
Explore Colemak-DHkColemak-DHk Wide
Practice Colemak-DHk Wide with layout-aware lesson pages based on the published wide version of the legacy DHk mapping, which combines the older k-home-row variant with outward-shifted right-hand columns and center-column punctuation.
Best for DHk users who want the wider hand-separation mod without giving up the legacy k-home-row arrangement.
Explore Colemak-DHk WideDvorak
Practice Dvorak with deliberate lesson pages that break down the focus keys on the Dvorak board and send you directly into the matching SureTyping lesson.
Best for typists committed to a full retraining cycle who want a clean, structured way to build new movement patterns from the ground up.
Explore DvorakProgrammer Dvorak
Practice Programmer Dvorak with layout-aware lesson pages that keep the coding-focused symbol row visible and route you into the matching live SureTyping lesson.
Best for typists who care about symbol-heavy work, want unshifted programming punctuation, and are willing to retrain both letters and the number row deliberately.
Explore Programmer DvorakWorkman
Practice Workman with layout-aware lesson pages that map the SureTyping curriculum onto Workman's reduced lateral movement philosophy and familiar shortcut-friendly shape.
Best for typists who want a long-standing ergonomic alternative with standard shortcut access and a gentler visual jump than some newer community layouts.
Explore WorkmanCanary
Practice Canary with layout-aware lesson pages that reflect the modern roll-heavy ANSI map published by the Canary maintainers and route directly into live SureTyping drills.
Best for modern alternate-layout enthusiasts who want a highly optimized, vowel-clustered board and are willing to train it as a serious long-term switch.
Explore CanaryGallium
Practice Gallium with layout-aware lesson pages that mirror the current row-stagger Gallium v2 map and send you straight into matching live SureTyping lessons.
Best for typists exploring newer community layouts who want a balanced, row-stagger-friendly alternative with strong modern layout metrics.
Explore GalliumGraphite
Practice Graphite with layout-aware lesson pages that respect both Graphite's letter arrangement and its punctuation-aware ANSI symbol placement.
Best for typists who want a newer general-purpose alternative that takes both prose comfort and programming punctuation seriously.
Explore GraphiteEngram
Practice Engram with layout-aware lesson pages that follow Arno Klein's published English map, including Engram's custom number row and central punctuation columns.
Best for typists who want a deeply reworked language-optimized alternative and are willing to relearn both letters and symbol logic as one system.
Explore EngramSturdy
Practice Sturdy with layout-aware lesson pages built around Oxey's published 30-key core, extended into a full ANSI lesson path so live SureTyping drills stay usable on standard hardware.
Best for row-stagger typists who want a modern roll-heavy, low-redirect layout and are comfortable training with angle-mod-style fingering.
Explore SturdySemimak
Practice Semimak with layout-aware lesson pages that follow the author's published XKB mapping and bring its low-movement, dSFB-aware design into SureTyping's lesson path.
Best for typists interested in low finger movement, same-finger skipgram-aware design, and a more opinionated modern alternative than the older mainstream layouts.
Explore SemimakNorman
Practice Norman with layout-aware lesson pages that map SureTyping's curriculum onto David Norman's shortcut-preserving ergonomic layout, which keeps Z, X, C, and V intact while redistributing the most common English letters.
Best for typists who want meaningful ergonomic improvement without sacrificing standard keyboard shortcuts and prefer a gentler retraining curve than fully optimized modern layouts require.
Explore NormanIf you are not sure whether to stay on QWERTY or try something else, these guides are the right entry point. They are designed to answer search questions and then route you straight into the real lesson paths.
Search-intent guide
Compare QWERTY and SureTyping's supported alternative keyboard layouts for coding work so you can choose the right balance of productivity, transition cost, and long-term practice.
Search-intent guide
Compare QWERTY and SureTyping's supported alternative keyboard layouts for typing speed, transition cost, and long-term practice so you can choose the right path.
Comparison guide
Compare Colemak and Dvorak for transition difficulty, practice structure, and which layout is more realistic for your typing goals.
Each layout hub explains who the path fits, where the lesson focus starts, and how to launch directly into live practice without guessing where to begin.
The layout pages are built from the real lesson catalog and keyboard definitions, so the tracks stay tied to the actual product instead of drifting into generic layout advice.
Once a layout looks promising, you can open the roadmap, launch a live lesson, or move back into the main typing test for customized follow-up practice.
