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Canonical name	workman.en.ansi
Language	English
Form factor	Slab : ANSI
'Author'	Mat Haverty Author data may not be correct, we're working on it.
Keys horizontally staggered	Yes
Letters on thumb (lower and upper case)	0
Uses AltGr for standard characters	No
Moves non-character keys (ANSI/ISO)	No
Changes QWERTY 'shift' pairs	No
Changes top row (ANSI/ISO)	No
Uppercase on different key	No
Conventional home keys, fingering, Space, Enter, Shifts, AltGr	Yes
Maintains QWERTY zxcv	No

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Changes from QWERTY (1873)

Changes from Modified Blickensderfer (1892 / 2012)

Changes from Dvorak (1936)

Changes from Colemak (2006)

Changes from MTGAP (2012)

Changes from HIEAMTSRN (2014)

Similarity

Ancestor	Score
QWERTY (1873)
Modified Blickensderfer (1892 / 2012)
Dvorak (1936)
Colemak (2006)
MTGAP (2012)
HIEAMTSRN (2014)
Maximum

Scores

Scores are percentages relative to the best layout for each metric.

Metric	Percentage
Finger-based metrics	65.14
Word-based metrics	59.34
English	67.35
Code	56.81
Proglish	64.66
Words metric for words on home keys	33.44
Words metric for no same-finger	85.23
Overall score	62.24

All layouts (355)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	workman.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	yang-mali.en.ansi	38.56	65.14	chia.en.matrix	99.25
Words	yang-mali.en.ansi	7.45	59.34	chia-vanilla.en.matrix	99.45
Average	yang-mali.en.ansi	23.01	62.24	chia.en.matrix	99.35

All ANSI (274)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	workman.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	yang-mali.en.ansi	38.56	65.14	uciea-minimo3.en.ansi	78.86
Words	yang-mali.en.ansi	7.45	59.34	optimal-trigram.en.ansi	83.06
Average	yang-mali.en.ansi	23.01	62.24	uciea-minimo3.en.ansi	79.46

Conventional ANSI (215)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	workman.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	yang-mali.en.ansi	38.56	65.14	uciea-keyboard.en.ansi	73.09
Words	yang-mali.en.ansi	7.45	59.34	optimal-trigram.en.ansi	83.06
Average	yang-mali.en.ansi	23.01	62.24	uciea-keyboard.en.ansi	77.43

Conventional ANSI + QWERTY shift pairs (179)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	workman.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	yang-mali.en.ansi	38.56	65.14	uciea-vanilla.en.ansi	71.96
Words	yang-mali.en.ansi	7.45	59.34	hoogendoorn.nl.ansi	82.98
Average	yang-mali.en.ansi	23.01	62.24	uciea-vanilla.en.ansi	76.86

Comparison to other layouts

workman.en.ansi

colemak.en.ansi

mtgap.en.ansi

workman.en.ansi

dvorak.en.ansi

norman.en.ansi

qwerty.en.ansi

Best ANSI

uciea-minimo3.en.ansi

optimal-trigram.en.ansi

Worst ANSI

yang-mali.en.ansi

Finger based metrics

Finger based metrics, as determined with Keyboard Layout Analyzer, using KLAnext scoring model.
QwertEff is the QWERTY Efficiency, i.e. the Score relative to qwerty.en.ansi at 100%.
Lower is better, except for QwertEff.

English

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	FingerUsage	SameFinger	SameHand	QwertEff
Best	chia.en.matrix	95.93	36.99	31.74	20.38	6.83	184.23
This layout	workman.en.ansi	142.44	56.90	38.93	36.54	10.08	124.07
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	176.73	80.42	37.57	50.72	8.02	100.00

Programming code

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	FingerUsage	SameFinger	SameHand	QwertEff
Best	x1_atreus-44-keys.en.ergodox	159.69	42.99	35.96	70.47	10.25	185.56
This layout	workman.en.ansi	281.11	113.02	45.27	109.99	12.83	105.41
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	296.32	124.41	44.22	115.00	12.68	100.00

Proglish (an 80:20 English:Code mix)

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	FingerUsage	SameFinger	SameHand	QwertEff
Best	chia.en.matrix	110.07	38.99	32.01	31.48	7.58	182.28
This layout	workman.en.ansi	170.24	68.15	40.20	51.28	10.61	117.86
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	200.64	89.22	38.90	63.66	8.85	100.00

Overall Fingers score (4 * English % + Code % + Proglish %) / 6

Higher is better.

Rank	Layout	Percentage
Best	chia.en.matrix	99.25
This layout	workman.en.ansi	65.14
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	54.31

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	workman.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Overall fingers	yang-mali.en.ansi	38.56	65.14	chia.en.matrix	99.25

English Word-based analysis

Home Keys Analysis

The Home Keys for this layout are shown with red dots in the first image above, giving the following letters:

aehinost

Home key common words

Not part of final score.
Which of the 200 most common words are typeable on the home keys.

Words handled	Words not handled
the to a in that is as on it i his at he not an this has one she its so into than no then these those see too set	of and was for with be by from are had which have or were but you their they her all been will who would more up can him out there we when said them about other time if some only also first could two my what over such do may me any like after very most new made your people now between should where years many being our before through much way work did well down back just even because own little make must good under man used both same how still three while use last life against know year each us get mr take long part off go day might great never found old gbp right another place came during again without come world men end upon think later say few left number away thought until home here small different system though around since often called within always every need went

Words handled

Words not handled

the to a in that is as on it i his at he not an this has one she its so into than no then these those see too set

of and was for with be by from are had which have or were but you their they her all been will who would more up can him out there we when said them about other time if some only also first could two my what over such do may me any like after very most new made your people now between should where years many being our before through much way work did well down back just even because own little make must good under man used both same how still three while use last life against know year each us get mr take long part off go day might great never found old gbp right another place came during again without come world men end upon think later say few left number away thought until home here small different system though around since often called within always every need went

Home key words

How many of the 30,000 most common words in the English corpus are typeable on the home keys.

Home Key letters	English words typeable	Score	Longest word	Example
aehinost	465	1821	13	assassination

Word count

Word length

Word count
Word length

No same-finger words

How many of the 30,000 most common words in the English corpus can be typed without using the same finger twice.

Home Key letters	English words typeable	Score	Longest word	Example
aehinost	23917	144104	19	seventeenth-century