Choosing the correct keyboard layout
The language of the instructions and the arrangement of the keyboard are separate choices. Matching both makes the key guidance useful.
Compare more than the first letters
Typino offers US QWERTY, German QWERTZ, French AZERTY, Spain QWERTY and Portugal QWERTY. Look at the printed letters, punctuation and accent keys. Several keyboards begin QWERTY but place symbols differently. A UK, Swiss, Belgian or Brazilian keyboard is not automatically the same as one of these five named layouts.
Check the computer setting too
The keyboard selected in the operating system determines which character a key produces. Ask an adult to check that setting if the printed key and the typed character disagree. Selecting a keyboard in Typino changes the lesson and guidance; it does not change the computer setting. Start with F and J, then compare a distinctive key such as Y/Z, A/Q, ñ or ç.
Choose language independently
English and Dutch start with US QWERTY; German, French, Spanish and Portuguese start with their named national keyboard. An explicit keyboard choice remains selected when you change language. Alphabet drills can be shared on the same keyboard, while words remain in the chosen language. Some advanced combinations are unavailable because the selected keyboard lacks an entry recipe.
Understand capitals and accents
Hold Shift with the opposite hand for a capital, then release it. An accent may use two steps: press and release the accent key, then press the letter. Follow the sequence shown in the exercise. The national recipes describe standard PC layouts; other platform variants need checking. If guidance does not match your keyboard, stop and choose compatible practice instead of guessing. Changing the keyboard restarts the unfinished exercise; completed work remains in its own keyboard record.