I am dyslexic, and I much prefer Atkinson Hyperlegible.
To be fait, dyslexia is quite variable, and mine is somewhat mild, but I like how readable yet elegant Atkinson is!
I am dyslexic, and I much prefer Atkinson Hyperlegible.
To be fait, dyslexia is quite variable, and mine is somewhat mild, but I like how readable yet elegant Atkinson is!
This font is how I learned I'm just bad at reading and not dyslexic.
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
You know, sometimes people say stuff just to be funny and lighten the mood.
yeah and sometimes people take it seriously and put effort into an informative response
Sorry, I missed that it was a joke 😅 reading tone over the internet is hard
Hope you have a lovely day ☺️
You know, sometimes people take what people say at face value to just try and be a helpful and friendly person. It's not something to be sarcastic about in response.
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.
So this is a font designed to minimize the effect of dyslexia. I wonder what a font designed to maximize dyslexia would look like. 🤔
LMAO. I read the whole first few paragraphs thinking "this doesn't feel different" only to realize it's not in the font.
Neat demo, but:
if we can increase our understanding and give the correct help to these people just think how many more Richard Bransons, Elon Musks or Boyan Slats we can produce
No thanks
Yeah, I noticed that; the author should really have changed that by now. 😠
Hmm, clicking that link triggered my anti-virus software. Do you have any other source?
Just a guess, but if you're using something like uBlock, you have something in place that blocks newer top level domains (.info in this case). That doesn't mean the site is a problem, just that its TLD has a higher percentage of untrustworthy sites.
Here's the first article that popped up about the font: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-font-aims-to-help-people-understand-what-it-s-like-to-have-dyslexia
That wasnt bad at all
This may be stupid of me to ask but did you scroll down? I thought the same thing, at first, before realizing the initial text was not, in fact, the text that was supposed to be worse.
I'm not dyslexic and I think this font is great. There is a unique readability to this font that I can't quite put into words... and the reason I can't quite put it into words is I am not as sensitive to the things that dyslexic people are with reading, or my brain can hide it from me easier.. I don't know but what I do know is that if it wasn't for dyslexic people than this font would have never existed and I think it is a great example of how valuing accessibility for all has a cumulative benefit to everyone.
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