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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 DigMarx · · 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.

  2. Ignore Christian Boer, he's an ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Your typeface doesn't look the same as his typeface. You can't copyright typefaces, and they're all derivative.

    Typically what Adobe does is trademark the name, so there are many Palladins or Pallertrino's and the like, but only one Palatino (tm Adobe/Linotype).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatino

    What Mr Boer is trying to do, is to bully competitors in an effort to block competition. This is not unusual. The world is full of little shits like this. You have to learn to get a thicker skin against them and just ignore him.

  3. 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.