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<div id="smartTemplate4-template">Comic Sans has also been good for
some with dyslexia.<br>
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Chris Johnson<br>
Assistive Technology Specialist,<br>
expressABLE<br>
Casper, WY<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chris@eable.org">chris@eable.org</a><br>
Twitter: @eableorg<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/16/16 4:48 PM, Normajean.Brand
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;letter-spacing:.6pt">Hi
Rachel,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;letter-spacing:.6pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;letter-spacing:.6pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060;letter-spacing:.6pt">NJ</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#FFC000">________________________________</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">NJ
Brand,
</span></b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">ATAC</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">Houston
Community College-Northwest</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">ADA
Technician</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066"><br>
</span><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060">College
Educational & Technology Services - C.E.T.S.</span><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066"><br>
Room RC13</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">1010
W. Sam Houston Pkwy N.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">Houston
TX 77043</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">VM/Office:
713.718.5604
</span></b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066"> </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">FAX:
713.718.5430
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style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#000066">Email:</span></b><b><span
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:normajean.brand@hccs.edu" target="_blank">normajean.brand@hccs.edu</a></span></b><span
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you have a counseling emergency, please call 911</span></b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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athen-list
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Thompson, Rachel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 15, 2016 8:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Fonts for dyslexia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We
are considering adding fonts like
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://opendyslexic.org/">OpenDyslexic</a> or
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/">
Dyslexie</a> to our computers. Do you have
experience with these or other, similar fonts? Do you
or your users have a preference?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks
for any input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Rachel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dr.
Rachel S. Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Director,
Emerging Technology and Accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Center
for Instructional Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">University
of Alabama<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="mailto:rsthompson2@ua.edu"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rsthompson2@ua.edu">rsthompson2@ua.edu</a></a></span></u><span
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Russell Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">205.348.0216<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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