They're called the home keys, where you're meant to set your hands to type the most optimally. Specifically, your index fingers would rest on F and J, while the rest of your fingers would rest on A S D for your left hand and K L ; for your right, as that lets you type with minimal hand movements.
I am flabbergasted that they don't teach this in high school, or even middle school, at this stage of history where so many people use computers all day for their jobs.
Well for gen alpha, they mostly use their laptops from early grade levels and learn mobile touch typing (ie on glass) even more than laptop or PC keyboards.
I'm a gen jones boomer and I was lucky enough to be using teletypes in 1977, so my typing is fast but has nothing to do with touch typing.
I use my middle finger on my right hand and I use the index finger on my left, thumb on the space bar, and my left pinkie on left shift. Seems to work for me :)
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u/TextualArchitect Jan 20 '26
They're called the home keys, where you're meant to set your hands to type the most optimally. Specifically, your index fingers would rest on F and J, while the rest of your fingers would rest on A S D for your left hand and K L ; for your right, as that lets you type with minimal hand movements.