- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:16:24 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Peter Rainger <P.F.Rainger@sussex.ac.uk>
- Cc: "P.H.Lauke" <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, e.a.draffan@sussex.ac.uk
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Peter Rainger wrote:
the site is not accessible period in Lynx.
Bob
>
> 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
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