Fact · Typing and writing speed
In hunt and peck typing, the typist presses each key individually, finds each key by sight, and uses only one or two fingers, typically the index fingers.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“the typist finds each key by sight on the fly, and uses only one or two fingers (typically the index fingers)”
Typing, Wikipedia, n.d., Techniques, Hunt and peck.
Open the original- What it measures
- The Typing article describes the technique in its section on techniques, where hunt and peck is also called two-fingered typing. It contrasts this with touch typing, where the typist relies on the memorized positions of the keys.
- What it does not show
- An encyclopedia definition. Typists vary: many hunt-and-peck typists know the layout well and look at the screen rather than the keys, so the boundary between styles is not sharp.