# Touch typing numbers

**URL:** <https://community.keyboard.io/t/touch-typing-numbers/3051>\
**Category:** Typing & Ergonomics\
**Created:** [July 22, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/touch-typing-numbers/3051 "2019-07-22T18:23:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![celeritas501](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@celeritas501](https://community.keyboard.io/u/celeritas501)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/touch-typing-numbers/3051/1 "2019-07-22T18:23:12Z")

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I have never been very good at touch typing numbers, so I figured this was the time to learn. However I am unsure about which finger to use for 1 and 0. They are technically in the pinky columns, but the size and position of the keys make them reachable with the ring fingers without leaving home row. I was wondering how other people type these keys and if people have found one finger more comfortable then the others? When learning to touch type I don’t want to be training fingers that I just have to untrain later.

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**Author:** ![algernon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.keyboard.io/algernon/32/4404_2.png) [@algernon](https://community.keyboard.io/u/algernon)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.keyboard.io/t/touch-typing-numbers/3051/2 "2019-07-22T23:58:38Z")

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I usually use a numpad layer, where the numbers are laid out in a way that index, middle and ring finger is all I need to access all of them. Takes a bit of time to get used to it, but once it “clicks”, it’s awesome, in my experience.

Mind you, if sticking with the traditional number layout, hitting 1 and 0 with your ring finger isn’t wrong, as long as it is comfortable.