Foundations · Home Row Foundations
Layout-native track: Home-row foundations
Longer home-row words that tie new keys to short, memorable words before you push into longer text.
On Colemak-DHk, the focus keys in this lesson stay mostly on the home row, so the drill is ideal for controlled repetition and clean accuracy.
This lesson touches home row on Colemak-DHk, so it is useful for building both key familiarity and cleaner transitions.
The live lesson uses the same practice text shown below, so you can preview the sequence before you type.
This is what makes the page genuinely layout-specific: the same lesson text maps to different physical zones depending on the keyboard layout.
8 focus keys
Keyboard preview
The lesson's active characters are highlighted in blue so you can see where the sequence sits on Colemak-DHk before you launch the live drill.
Focus set: s a r k t i e g
Key
s
Colemak-DHk home row
Key
a
Colemak-DHk home row
Key
r
Colemak-DHk home row
Key
k
Colemak-DHk home row
Key
t
Colemak-DHk home row
Key
i
Colemak-DHk home row
Key
e
Colemak-DHk home row
Key
g
Colemak-DHk home row
Once the pattern feels stable, move directly into the live lesson and use the saved result to decide whether to repeat or advance.
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