[Athen] Fonts for dyslexia

[Chris Johnson]

Comic Sans has also been good for some with dyslexia.

Chris Johnson
Assistive Technology Specialist,
expressABLE
Casper, WY
chris at eable.org
Twitter: @eableorg
Facebook: expressABLE



On 2/16/16 4:48 PM, Normajean.Brand wrote:

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> Hi Rachel,

>

> As a person who is dyslexic, and wasn’t diagnosed until my 30s! (and 

> then it all made sense), I’ve looked at and even downloaded and used 

> the OpenDyslexic and Dyslexie, and others, to my personal computer and 

> campus computers. What I found for my personal use, these “dyslexic 

> fonts” and others just weren’t any more helpful than any others with a 

> little more line spacing, spacing/kerning than normal. My favorite has 

> become Verdana. On my campus computers, the fonts are still there for 

> any students to use, but my students hated them and resorted back to 

> Arial, Helvetica, Calibri, or Verdana.

>

> NJ

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> *From:*athen-list 

> [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of 

> *Thompson, Rachel

> *Sent:* Monday, February 15, 2016 8:39 AM

> *To:* athen-list at u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* [Athen] Fonts for dyslexia

>

> We are considering adding fonts like OpenDyslexic 

> <http://opendyslexic.org/> or Dyslexie 

> <http://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/> to our computers. Do you have 

> experience with these or other, similar fonts? Do you or your users 

> have a preference?

>

> Thanks for any input.

>

> Rachel

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> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson

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