# The Ordinary Layout, a familiar and powerful layout

The Ordinary Layout is intended to be unremarkably mundane and remarkably useful. This layout maintains most key positions from common QWERTY keyboards and features enhanced Symbol and Media layers compared to the default Ergodox EZ layout.

Full details about the rationale behind this layout [are available](http://nicholas.rinard.us/2016/03/ergodox-ez-layout.html).

![Ordinary base layout](ordinary-base.png)
![Ordinary symbol layout](ordinary-symbol.png)
![Ordinary media layout](ordinary-media.png)
