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Free Font Helps People With Dyslexia

Posted by timothy on Friday September 28, 2012 @07:32PM 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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Re:Uhhh well, shit. by DigMarx · 2012-09-28 19:54 · Score: 5, Interesting

I tend to read by seeing an entire line at a time. The page you referenced sort of forced me to read left to right, parsing as I go. I'm not dyslexic either, but I can see how the font may help people by encouraging a "normal" cadence.