Can a Font Help 'Cure' Dyslexia?

Can a Font Help 'Cure' Dyslexia?

By Liana Heitin on June 7, 2013 Ed Week

I got an intriguing PR pitch today from a Dutch company about a font designed for people with dyslexia. The developer, Christian Boer, has dyslexia and came up with the idea while studying at The Utrecht Art Academy in 2008. According to the press release, Boer has been nominated for an international design award for the product.

The website explains that the font, Dyslexie, uses heavier lines on the bottoms of letters, puts more space between the letters, elongates their vertical lines, enlarges their openings, and slightly italicizes them. The changes are meant to differentiate the letters from one another and to prevent readers from mentally flipping, melding, turning, and switching letters.

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