The layout standardized the relationship between Roman letters and Khmer sounds. For example, the key 'k' produces the Khmer consonant 'Ka'. This intuitive mapping made it easier for the post-conflict generation, many of whom were learning English simultaneously, to adopt the technology. The success of the layout was so profound that when the Cambodian government and the Unicode Consortium adopted the official Khmer Unicode standard, they largely retained the Tacteing key mappings to ensure the population did not have to relearn how to type.

In the rich typographic landscape of Southeast Asia, the holds a unique and somewhat controversial position. For anyone who has studied, typed, or designed using the Khmer script (the official language of Cambodia), the word "Tacteing" immediately evokes a specific visual style: a tall, condensed, and slightly "squeezed" appearance compared to standard Khmer Unicode fonts.

In this sense, Tacteing achieved a rare feat in technology: it became the bridge between the pre-internet era and the modern, Unicode-compliant era.