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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Jess wrote: “neither font has a Math component.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Whatever font is used by the student’s software, it must be a Unicode font that contains the correct math characters (called codepoints in Unicode-speak). The Segoe UI Symbol font that’s common on Windows computers has a very good range of Unicode Math/STEM symbols. Maybe that could work for your student?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The second issue is the math test or textbook itself: does it use the correct Unicode symbol for math? Some common problems we see:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lowercase alpha-character “x” (found on the keyboard) used instead of math multiplication symbol (codepoint U2715 or U2716 or U00D7).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keyboard alpha-character slash “/” used instead of U2215 math division slash.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keyboard hyphen “-“ used instead of U2212 math minus sign.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keyboard asterisk “*” used instead of U2217 math asterisk operator.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The correct Unicode codepoint symbol is critical if the student is listening to a voicing of the text with the dyslexia software. But if they are only viewing the content with their tool, then you just need a font with those symbols on it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>—Bevi<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bevi Chagnon <b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'>| </span></b><span style='color:#595959'>Designer, Accessibility Technician</span><b><span style='color:#AEAAAA'> |</span></b> <a href="mailto:Chagnon@PubCom.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Chagnon@PubCom.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>PubCom: <span style='color:#C00000'>Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>consulting <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> training <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> development <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> design <span style='color:#D0CECE'>•</span> sec. 508 services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Upcoming classes</b> at <a href="http://www.pubcom.com/classes"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.PubCom.com/<b>classes</b></span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#D0CECE'>— — —<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://mailchi.mp/e694edcdfadd/class-discount-3266574"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Latest blog-newsletter</span></a> – <b><a href="https://www.pubcom.com/blog/2020_07-20/alt-text_part-1.shtml"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Simple Guide to Writing Alt-Text</span></a></b> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Garms<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2022 11:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Dyslexic Math Fonts<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have a student who has a Dyslexie Font/Open Dyslexic Font accommodation. The issue is, that some of the tests the student will take will have math formulas on them and as far as I can tell, neither font has a Math component. Does anyone have a font they use for this sort of situation, or a way to get Word’s Equation function and one of the previous fonts to play nicely? 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