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This font tries to increase cognitive ease by keeping the characters at the same width, but I don't think other popular monospace fonts aren't legible. I use Ub

This font tries to increase cognitive ease by keeping the characters at the same width, but I don't think other popular monospace fonts aren't legible. I use Ubuntu Mono and have had no problems. I never understood why people use cursive fonts for code, which truly is illegible at times.

h0l0cube 5y ago
Comic Sans has a reputation for being more accessible for dyslexic people, presumably because the glyphs are more easily distinguishable. (Though I wonder if making it monospace negates that advantage somewhat)
- speedgoose 5y ago
  It has this reputation but I haven't found scientific evidence.
- 0-_-0 5y ago
  There are specialized fonts for dyslexics, supported by research: https://opendyslexic.org/ https://opendyslexic.org/ https://opendyslexic.org/related-research-1 https://opendyslexic.org/related-research-1
  - rozab 5y ago
    That doesn't mean much. Other fonts designed for dyslexia have failed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7188700/#!po=34.9057 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7188700/#!po=34... I am not going to check every study here, which are helpfully not hyperlinked, but every one I checked showed no effect at all. Kind of disingenuous I think. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629233/
    - 0-_-0 5y ago
      I only checked the first one, which says: "Results demonstrate that the group of pupils with dyslexia read significantly more accurately, with fewer errors, when using OpenDyslexic font."
robbrown451 5y ago
It increases cognitive ease compared to what it intends to replace, which are other Comic Sans monospace fonts. I don't think it is claiming to be a cognitive improvement above all monospace fonts, unless they are saying that being comic-style is itself such an improvement.

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This font tries to increase cognitive ease by keeping the characters at the same width, but I don't think other popular monospace fonts aren't legible. I use Ub

by anonytrary 5y ago

h0l0cube 5y ago
Comic Sans has a reputation for being more accessible for dyslexic people, presumably because the glyphs are more easily distinguishable. (Though I wonder if making it monospace negates that advantage somewhat)
- speedgoose 5y ago
  It has this reputation but I haven't found scientific evidence.
- 0-_-0 5y ago
  There are specialized fonts for dyslexics, supported by research: https://opendyslexic.org/ https://opendyslexic.org/ https://opendyslexic.org/related-research-1 https://opendyslexic.org/related-research-1
  - rozab 5y ago
    That doesn't mean much. Other fonts designed for dyslexia have failed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7188700/#!po=34.9057 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7188700/#!po=34... I am not going to check every study here, which are helpfully not hyperlinked, but every one I checked showed no effect at all. Kind of disingenuous I think. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629233/
    - 0-_-0 5y ago
      I only checked the first one, which says: "Results demonstrate that the group of pupils with dyslexia read significantly more accurately, with fewer errors, when using OpenDyslexic font."
robbrown451 5y ago
It increases cognitive ease compared to what it intends to replace, which are other Comic Sans monospace fonts. I don't think it is claiming to be a cognitive improvement above all monospace fonts, unless they are saying that being comic-style is itself such an improvement.