Re: Typeface for Dyslexia in Henry Winkler childrens book

Here's some additional interesting information on this topic. The British
Dyslexia Association has published a list of typfaces designed for dyslexia
- some are purchasable, and some are publisher-only fonts.

In a recent study of good fonts for dyslexia, they found that the Open
Dyslexia font didn't improve reading speed, but that was the only dyslexic
font they tested. The other fonts tested were standard fonts, not specially
customized for dyslexia.


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From:	"Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL" <ryladog@gmail.com>
To: <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>,
Cc: <ryladog@gmail.com>, "lisa. seeman" <lisa.seeman@zoho.com>
Date: 02/11/2014 09:39 AM
Subject: Typeface for Dyslexia in Henry Winkler childrens book



Folks,

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......



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Katie Haritos-Shea
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