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That's what I have heard too. I'm definitely not dyslexic, but I genuinely do just find Comic Sans to be easy to read. Serifs don't throw me off or anything a
by tombert 5y ago
That's what I have heard too.
I'm definitely not dyslexic, but I genuinely do just find Comic Sans to be easy to read. Serifs don't throw me off or anything and they look pretty, but they do kind of feel like noise when I'm actually just trying to read. Comic Sans just feels...legible? Like it was intended to be read-first, don't worry about impressing.
- rightbyte 5y agoMakes sense. I still remember how much eye glasses "g" and fancy "a" confused me while learning to read.
- WorldMaker 5y agoA couple NaNoWriMos back I saw the advice to switch to writing in Comic Sans to write faster. It seemed like silly advice, but it works surprisingly well and I think there are a couple keys to it: we know from the dyslexia studies that Comic Sans is often faster to read for many people (because people mostly read word shapes not letter-at-a-time and Comic Sans has great diversity in word shapes) and you do still need to read what you recently wrote to follow trains-of-thought, but also there seems to be a weird psychological effect in play when writing in Comic Sans for a first draft where with the font's overall lack of formality/casualness that you tend to give yourself more permission for mistakes and not editing while you write. I did find a noticeable speed improvement in NaNoWriMo attempts when writing in Comic Sans. I find that fascinating.
- nvrspyx 5y agoAgreed. I'm a huge fan of rounded fonts for legibility, which unfortunately isn't that popular. My current favorite is San Francisco Rounded.