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Comic Sans has a reputation for being more accessible for dyslexic people, presumably because the glyphs are more easily distinguishable. (Though I wonder if ma

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."