- From: Peter Rainger <P.F.Rainger@sussex.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:54:29 +0100
- To: "P.H.Lauke" <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, e.a.draffan@sussex.ac.uk
Dear Paul, This does seem an interesting font type. Dyslexia friendly fonts generally have a simple design that aids in letter recognition and this font design seems to have put a lot of thought into avoiding the typical dyslexic reading traits of letter transposition, rotation and reflection. Other "simplistic" fonts include Comic Sans MS and Sassoon - whether or not the Typographers think they are "real fonts" or not. It is certainly a little more "adult" than Comic Sans and it will be interesting to see what my Dyslexic contacts make of it. I have emailed the contact on the site for more details. PS. Yeap those square do create a not so friendly optical illusion. and that copyright text is just awful. Pete TechDis Quoting "P.H.Lauke" <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>: > spotted this whilst trawling some design sites: http://www.readregular.com/ " Read Regular is a typeface designed specifically to help people with dyslexia read and write more effectively. " It certainly looks a bit better than Comic Sans, but I'm wondering whether the design of the site itself is not actually working against the audience it tries to target (patterned background that hurts even my eyes). Any views ? (calling Pete Rainger of TechDis *grin*) Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster External Relations Division Faraday House University of Salford Greater Manchester M5 4WT Tel: +44 (0) 161 295 4779 e-mail: webmaster@salford.ac.uk www.salford.ac.uk A GREATER MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY
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