Quote:
Originally Posted by DNSB
Not the blasted OpenDyslexic font nonsense again. So far not a single study that I have found has shown using OpenDyslexic or other "dyslexic fonts" shows any measurable improvement in reading for people suffering from dyslexia.
The effect of a specialized dyslexia font, OpenDyslexic, on reading rate and accuracy for an example.
Some quotes from the paper:
Another paper was Do Dyslexia Fonts Actually Work?. A quote from that paper:
Also see How to Counter Vision-Based Claims about Dyslexia “Cures” and their list of myth-busting links.
I worked in education and supporting special needs students for quite a while and we kept getting parents who read an item that said using OpenDyslexic, Dyslexie or other special font would be a "miracle cure" for their kids reading difficulties. Like any other snake oil remedies, they didn't work. The only consolation was that OpenDyslexic unlike Dyslexie was a freebie. |
Interesting. Kinda good to know. We've had people ask us to put a font like that in a game but I never saw anything on the actual usage for it.