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Old 11-11-2014, 10:24 PM   #1
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A Font For Dyslexics
I don't think this has been mentioned here recently. Just saw it on the six o'clock news.

Quote:
A designer who has dyslexia has created a font to help dyslexic readers navigate text, designing letters in a way that avoids confusion and adds clarity.

Dutch designer Christian Boer's Dyslexie font has been around for a while, but it's been getting new attention thanks to being featured in the Istanbul Design Biennial.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...-meant-to-help

A little searching turned up Christian Boer's Dyslexie font. It is on a yearly license and appears to have a limited version at no cost. At: http://www.dyslexiefont.com/

Note under the Font Link there is a description which includes some pointers on page layout for dyslexics.

There is also a free open source version at: http://opendyslexic.org/

I saw some older posts here that a view readers like Kobo supported similar fonts. Has this become popular at all. Are many ebooks incuding such fonts?

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