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nerdfiles
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03 Feb 2013, 9:32 am

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Do dyslexic fonts help dyslexic readers read?

Yes and no.

Dyslexia has a highly differentiated population. For me, immediately after loading the Web page for OpenDyslexic I switched all of my fonts in Web Browser, operating system, text/code editor, etc. to OpenDyslexic (now Eulexia). Now I will not read anything not set in a dyslexic font.

Why do I hold this position? Why do I seem pretentious? Well, have you ever helped an old woman get onto a bus? Or helped an old woman after she’s dropped her bags on the ground? Or do you scoff at her flippantly, attending to your fashionable itinerary and carry on about your day? Or have you ever watched a paraplegic or quasiparaplegic boldly overlook or even ignore the facts of law that require wheelchair accessibility to buildings, as that person depends on family members to help them up stairs… or who simply won’t go to this or that place because they fear stigma.

What we need to focus on here is not “Does it help us read?” But rather, “What can the typographer or industrial typesetter do to promote reading?” — as an industrial engineer would ask of an architect, who might be too caught up in her own aesthetic.
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OP: http://webjournal.nerdfiles.net/2013/02/03/industrial-typesetting/

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03 Feb 2013, 9:38 am

Alex tried it as the default font for WP very briefly... the vast majority hated it and thought it ugly.

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03 Feb 2013, 1:03 pm

But my question is about utility, not aesthetics...

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03 Feb 2013, 2:26 pm

I'm not dyslexic, but that font is actually harder for me to read than most fonts.

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03 Feb 2013, 3:56 pm

Are you talking about the letters with the weighted bottoms? Those don't really bother me.

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03 Feb 2013, 4:17 pm

seaturtleisland wrote:

Are you talking about the letters with the weighted bottoms? Those don't really bother me.

Do they help you with reading?

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03 Feb 2013, 7:06 pm

nerdfiles wrote:

seaturtleisland wrote:

Are you talking about the letters with the weighted bottoms? Those don't really bother me.

Do they help you with reading?

No because I don't have problems with rotating letters. I still don't mind the font. I barely notice the difference. It doesn't help me but it doesn't bother me.

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03 Feb 2013, 7:45 pm

Yuugiri wrote:

I'm not dyslexic, but that font is actually harder for me to read than most fonts.

I'm hyperlexic; it hurts my eyes, gives me a headache and takes 3 times as long to read.

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03 Feb 2013, 7:46 pm

Yuugiri wrote:

I'm not dyslexic, but that font is actually harder for me to read than most fonts.

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03 Feb 2013, 9:53 pm

It hurts my eyes and makes it harder for me to read.

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04 Feb 2013, 12:53 am

bleh! No!

...plus I wonder who would EVER use those crazy symbols also on the same page?

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04 Feb 2013, 2:37 am

Ouch. It hurts my eyes and made my vision get a little blurry (and I'm wearing glasses too!)

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04 Feb 2013, 2:45 am

BlueMax wrote:

bleh! No!

...plus I wonder who would EVER use those crazy symbols also on the same page?

"Blissymbolics were developed by Charles K. Bliss (1897-1985). Bliss originally called his invention "Semantography" and intended for it to be used as a universal written language which would enable speakers of different languages to communicate with one another.

Since 1971 Blissymbolics have been used mainly as a communication aid for people with communication, language and learning difficulties. Such people have limited or no ability to use ordinary spoken and/or written language but manage to learn Blissymbolics. "
--blissymbolics

Moreover, if you see the footer of the Website source, you'll find a link to AlphaSymbolic. That link also changes the font of the Webjournal to AlphaSymbolic. There's a contrast-sensitivity setting as well.

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04 Feb 2013, 2:53 am

Experiment :: Alternative iterative sleep styles combined with Flu.x control.

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