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I can't find where I read this, but I thought Comic Sans makes text easier to read for people with dyslexia. A pretty narrow use-case, I agree, but there's at l
by fbelzile 6y ago
I can't find where I read this, but I thought Comic Sans makes text easier to read for people with dyslexia. A pretty narrow use-case, I agree, but there's at least one redeeming quality from something so ugly.
- sound1 6y agoi agree and i love the font. it looks like a proportional font but sure behaves like a mono. kudos!
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoapparently not as well as other some other fonts that are generally considered less ugly http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts_for_dyslexia_study.pdf http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts...
- snotrockets 6y agothis is not a conclusion of the study you linked to.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agohmm, you're right I got confused by the reference L. Evett and D. Brown. Text formats and web design for visually impaired and dyslexic readers-clear text for all. Interacting with Computers, 17:453–472, 2005. and took it to mean that they recommended Comic Sans for visually impaired readers with dyslexia as well, but it seems they don't have comic sans in the list of fonts they actually tested.
- snotrockets 6y agoThere's evidence of this: https://theestablishment.co/hating-comic-sans-is-ableist-bc4a4de87093/#.vukjzcz1b https://theestablishment.co/hating-comic-sans-is-ableist-bc4... There are fonts that were actually designed to be dyslexic-friendly, but they tend to be uglier; Comic Sans is a middle ground that doesn't slow non-dyslexics as much.