RE: Typeface for Dyslexia in Henry Winkler childrens book

Josh,

Thanks. It is possible this is it, and I thought heard *Norwegian*, but
maybe it was Netherlands.

Then name of the font is Dyslexie.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Joshue O Connor [mailto:joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:55 AM
To: Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL
Cc: public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org; lisa. seeman
Subject: Re: Typeface for Dyslexia in Henry Winkler childrens book

Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL wrote:
[...]
> I was just watching KathieLee and Hoda (from the Today show in the 
> US). They were speaking with Henry Winkler (Fonzie from Happy Days TV 
> show). He (a
> dyslexic) wrote a book for kids using a type developed/inventer by a 
> Norwegian father that uses weighted type. This is for dyslexic 
> children, but apparently the type face is much easier for all users to
read.
> We need to find out what typeface this is......

In the same vein, in case you haven't seen this one from the University of
Twente, Netherlands. [1]

HTH

Josh

[1]
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/dutch_studio_designs_typeface_font_hel
p_dyslexic_readers

Received on Tuesday, 11 February 2014 15:59:37 UTC