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PieFed now has a font for people with dyslexia (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [M] to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social
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Go to https://piefed.social/user/settings and choose 'OpenDyslexia' in the Font setting, halfway down the form.

This font looks odd to me but I'm told that it really helps some people. If you're one of those people, please let me know if you have any preferences around letter spacing or line height, etc.

Edit: PieFed also has Atkinson Hyperledgible

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[–] 19 points 3 months ago (8 children)

This font is how I learned I'm just bad at reading and not dyslexic.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Its worth knowing that to my understanding, research doesnt actually support the idea that its easier to read these fonts with dyslexia, so it may not be the most useful diagnostic

    Which shouldn't preclude people from using it if they find it helpful, which is why I don't generally bring that up, but if you wish to determine if you have dyslexia probably better to rely on any other evidence or experiences you have with respect to reading difficulties

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (4 children)

    You know, sometimes people say stuff just to be funny and lighten the mood.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I dunno. I'm good at reading and my brain voice is doing the same confused staggered reading like When People Capitalise The First Letter Of Every Word For No Reason And The Subconsciousness Struggles To Read Fast Without Seeing Periods In There Or Discerning What's A Title Or Propernoun Or Not.

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