Antit3sis()

QWERTY antithesis keyboard layout

About

I made this layout as a realistic replacement for the qwerty keyboard layout. It is focuses on these points:

• Must be optimal for spanish writting.
• It must be more ergonomical to coding users (ex. parentheses and curl brackets on the uppermost row side, shift press is needed instead to send numbers input).
• Conserve 'z', 'x', 'c' and 'v' keys on same position, for daily tasks. 'c' and 'v' swaped to avoid awkard movements.
• Conserve 'f' and 'j' keys on same position, to preserve similarity to key typing users. Discarted to make ergonomy, efficiency and comodity more important.
• Conserve 'q' key on same position, In Memoriam of QWERTY layout.
• Made in México.
• Key press balance. Average key usage on each hand must be near the same (Check analysis/202210150343/test_c_output_data.txt).

Installation

1. Install autohotkey on your computer, here you will find the installer.
2. Run the 'AutoHotkey_1.1.34.03_setup' file, then close the window.
3. Run the 'Antitesis Layout.ahk' file from this repo.

End session

Exit the 'Antitesis Layout' script from taskbar.

Known bugs

• V shortcut Ctrl + V (and other keys) no longer works, it because the emoticon mode script overrides the native Ctrl functionality.
• Several keys stop working when numpad is pressed, it works properly again when esc key is pressed or focus is lost.

Learning curve

This is a really hard layout to get familiar, nearly all keys where swapped, so it will take an enormous effort to type at a decent wpm.

Advantages over qwerty

More right hand use than qwerty, (convenient for Right handed users). Less left pinky finger usage. More frequent letters like 'A' and 'E' are distant each other, so movement is distributed lightly.

Analysis Reference

Frecuencia de aparición de las letras

Frecuencia de letras y sílabas en español

¿Cuál es la letra más usada en el español?

Keyboard Layout Analyzer

DESCARGA - Artículo sobre frecuencia de aparición de bigramas

QWERTY Heatmap Analyzer

Version

v1.6.1

Special thanks

Ricardo Trejo, for his testing feedback.

Luis A. Núñez, for his advice and consistency suggestions.

Moy Ramirez, for sharing to me information for a future posible patent on Mexican Territory.

Reddit user paltamunoz, for his observation on letter 'D' placement.

Reddit and Github user iandoug for his request to include a keyboard layout analyzer .json specification.