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There is a couple of fonts aimed to help dyslexics. [0] https://github.com/antijingoist/opendyslexic https://github.com/antijingoist/opendyslexic

gnicholas 5y ago
You might also try BeeLine Reader, [1] which can be helpful for reading, though isn't used with IDEs. Disclosure: I am the founder, and I'm also happy to give extended free trials to anyone from HN (contact info in profile). 1: http://www.beelinereader.com http://www.beelinereader.com
Someone1234 5y ago
That is an incredibly hard to read font, see: https://opendyslexic.org/about https://opendyslexic.org/about I struggle far more parsing that than a typical monospaced font. In particular as that is 18pt, turn it down to a more normal 14pt and that's worse than most of Word's default fonts let alone coding specific ones.
- justsomehnguy 5y ago
  There is a few such projects. I just pasted the one which came first in my browser history. I use it on mobile in the ebook reader, I can't say it is dramatically better than any serif font but at the low pt it is slightly better for me to scan the page. I'm not a dyslexic, but have some trouble reading from the mobile screen lately, so gave it a test.
- MivLives 5y ago
  I've found it works better on my ereader then my screen. More about consumption than writing. Monospaced serifed fonts with lots of colors are better for programming for me.
Diti 5y ago
OpenDyslexic is a TERRIBLE font for helping dyslexia, for how unconventional and distracting it is. I personally use Heinemann Special (but it’s not free), and sometimes Atkinson Hyperlegible.
- KronisLV 5y ago
  > OpenDyslexic is a TERRIBLE font for helping dyslexia, for how unconventional and distracting it is. It feels like it'd probably be nice to do more studies to explore which fonts are actually more or less helpful. I found this, but it only compares OpenDyslexic with some of the regular fonts: http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts_for_dyslexia_study.pdf http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts... For what it's worth, it seems like it's helping at least slightly.
  - justsomehnguy 5y ago
    The previous discussion of has a bit of both for and against: [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24036563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24036563

gnicholas 5y ago

You might also try BeeLine Reader, [1] which can be helpful for reading, though isn't used with IDEs. Disclosure: I am the founder, and I'm also happy to give extended free trials to anyone from HN (contact info in profile). 1: http://www.beelinereader.com http://www.beelinereader.com

Someone1234 5y ago

That is an incredibly hard to read font, see: https://opendyslexic.org/about https://opendyslexic.org/about I struggle far more parsing that than a typical monospaced font. In particular as that is 18pt, turn it down to a more normal 14pt and that's worse than most of Word's default fonts let alone coding specific ones.

justsomehnguy 5y ago
There is a few such projects. I just pasted the one which came first in my browser history. I use it on mobile in the ebook reader, I can't say it is dramatically better than any serif font but at the low pt it is slightly better for me to scan the page. I'm not a dyslexic, but have some trouble reading from the mobile screen lately, so gave it a test.
MivLives 5y ago
I've found it works better on my ereader then my screen. More about consumption than writing. Monospaced serifed fonts with lots of colors are better for programming for me.

Diti 5y ago

OpenDyslexic is a TERRIBLE font for helping dyslexia, for how unconventional and distracting it is. I personally use Heinemann Special (but it’s not free), and sometimes Atkinson Hyperlegible.

KronisLV 5y ago
> OpenDyslexic is a TERRIBLE font for helping dyslexia, for how unconventional and distracting it is. It feels like it'd probably be nice to do more studies to explore which fonts are actually more or less helpful. I found this, but it only compares OpenDyslexic with some of the regular fonts: http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts_for_dyslexia_study.pdf http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_fonts... For what it's worth, it seems like it's helping at least slightly.
- justsomehnguy 5y ago
  The previous discussion of has a bit of both for and against: [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24036563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24036563