Orthostat layout

Orthostat layout is ortholinear SWORD optimization. Optimization is based on frequency dictionary generated from 5 000 featured Wikipedia articles.

Orthostat layout

Empty slots are reserved for punctuation characters.

Load distribution

Finger distribution and typing effort take into account 26 letters and space.

Keyboard effort ------------------------------------------------------------ k1 0.567 84.2 84.2 k1,k2 0.663 14.2 98.4 k1,k2,k3 0.674 1.6 100.0 b 0.202 15.0 15.0 p 0.472 35.0 50.0 ph 0.000 0.0 0.0 pr 0.118 25.1 25.1 pf 0.309 65.6 90.7 s 0.674 50.0 100.0 all 1.348 100.0 100.0

Typing effort is 1.348

QMK configuration for ID75 fullgrid ortholinear QMK programmable keyboard is available for testing. It can be compiled locally as qmk compile -kb idobo -km gkbd_orthostat and flashed in dfu mode. JSON configuration can be viewed in QMK configurator.

July 10, 2022. Giorgi Chavchanidze.