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Free Font Helps People With Dyslexia

Posted by timothy on from the in-the-interest-of-manknid dept.

Thornburg writes "There is a free font available which has been designed to make it easier for people with dyslexia to read. DailyTech has a piece which pulls together a BBC interview and blog postings by the designer, Abelardo Gonzalez, who received a C&D letter from another font designer who charges $69 for his dyslexia related font."

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  1. Uhhh well, shit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Never thought I had dyslexia, never imagined I had problems reading, but holy crap reading a page in anti-dyslexia fonts like this one http://www.pixelscript.net/gilldyslexic/ is like all the words leap off the page making sudden sense in an instant.

    *random expression of surprise at finding something new at age 44*

    1. Re:Uhhh well, shit. by ballpoint · · Score: 4, Informative

      Eulexics prefer simple and clean sans-serifs over the spectrum from serifs to ornamental. This font distracts by its irregular features (especially noticeable in g and p).

      The same applies on a larger scale where eulexics prefer undecorated text over the highlighted, underscored, colored and fontful, and a white sheet over magazine style.

      Apparently dyslexics need variety, while eulexics prefer uniformity. Interesting.

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      Flourescent (adj): smelling like ground wheat.
  2. Re:Uhhh well a different view... by VVrath · · Score: 5, Informative

    Probably replying to a troll, but anyway:

    As a teacher, I can tell you that dyslexia is definitely not "an excuse". A pupil with dyslexia has been a member of my tutor group for the last four years. He struggles with reading, although use of a reading ruler is of tremendous help. His handwriting is difficult to decipher, and contains many mirrored letters (e.g. b/d, p/q, backwards s). However that difficulty aside he is one of the most intelligent and articulate 16-year-old's I have had the pleasure of teaching.