Here’s What A Font For Dyslexic People Looks Like

It sort of looks like the Simpsons title font.

Many traditional fonts are too uniform for dyslexic readers — the letters share similar shapes and contours, which can result in something called "letter-swapping." Open-Dyslexic is one of a handful of fonts designed to cater to people with dyslexia, and among the first to make inroads into the app world.

Its lumpy, bottom-heavy letter shapes might seem strange, or almost cartoonish. But this style of typography has been proven to reduce reading errors for dyslexics. This video explains how Dyslexie, a similar font, works:

Open-Dyslexic is free and used by a small number of apps and websites, but recently got a high-profile public endorsement by Marco Arment, who included it in the latest version of the popular Instapaper app. Here's what it looks like:


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