I know the website says it works, but is anyone here dyslexic that can
attest to how it works? I wonder if my sister is dyslexic or just
can't read, so wanted to see if this works before I buy the font.
Cheers!
~Harleen

On 2/13/12, Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/design-architecture/dyslexie-font-designed-t
> o-help-dyslexics-read-write/4110?tag=nl.e660
>
> ..
> Dyslexie font designed to help dyslexics read, write
>
> By Mary Catherine O'Connor | February 13, 2012, 8:01 AM PST
>
> Most of the 15 to 20 percent of people in the United States who have a
> language-based disability suffer from dyslexia, a condition that makes
> reading and comprehension difficult. Those who suffer from dyslexia often
> transpose or rotate letters (a b becomes a q; an n becomes and u), and they
> have difficulty differentiating letters that look similar, such as i and j.
> Those who suffer from severe dyslexia might even see the letters moving, or
> in three dimensions, as they try to read them. All of these factors greatly
> impede the speed and clarity with which they can read.
>
> A Dutch graphic designer and dyslexic, Christian Boer, developed a font
> specifically for dyslexic readers. It's designed to make letters more
> distinct from each other and to keep them tied down, so to speak, so that
> the reader is less likely to flip them in their minds. The letters in the
> font are also spaced wide apart to make reading them easier.
>
> Boer introduced an English language version of the font, which is called
> Dyslexie, late last year. It's available for purchase, in either English or
> Dutch, from Boer's website. The font can be used on either the Mac or
> Windows operating system, but not on devices such as iPads. However, a
> software company called LingApps says it will soon offer an assistive
> reading and writing application for iPad that uses Dyslexie.
>
> Boer created the font as part of his thesis at the University of Twente (he
> has since graduated). He says the font's effectiveness has been twice tested
> - once in an informal way among eight dyslexic students he did not know, and
> later as the subject of a formal, scientific analysis as part of another
> University of Twente student's thesis. In each study, results suggested that
> the font helped. Participants said the font allowed them to read for a
> longer time and with better comprehension, compared to other fonts.
>
> A number of U.S. schools are now using the font, says Boer. But there's not
> yet been any major study by a educational system or government to gauge the
> font's value in teaching young dyslexics how to read.
>
> If you're dyslexic (or even if you're not) and are interested in whether it
> works, you can check out the Dyslexie website, which uses the font, of
> course. And check out Scientific American's deeper dive into the project,
> which includes a link to a Dyselxie version of the article, so you can
> compare it to the magazine website's font.
>
> And for details on how Boer made the font, check out this video:
>
>
> Via: Scientific American
>
> Related:
>  .Arkitypo: A beautiful history of typography presented in 3D

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