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Worldwide, at least 10% of the audience (but depending on your specific demographic, much higher) which is a crazy significant number (for contrast: your users
by TheRealPomax 4y ago
Worldwide, at least 10% of the audience (but depending on your specific demographic, much higher) which is a crazy significant number (for contrast: your users are three times more likely to have some form of dyslexia than they are likely to be using Firefox).
For anyone with (partial) dyslexia the serifs are information-murder. https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/employers/creating-a-dyslexia-friendly-workplace/dyslexia-friendly-style-guide https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/employers/creating-a-d...
But also note that font size and spacing matters a lot: at 16px with 24px line spacing, this is super hard to read. Change that to font-size 20 with the same 24px spacing, and this read perfectly fine.
- n8henrie 4y agoThanks for the response and link! I'll see if I can find some primary literature on the topic -- I'm interested in how such a thing is studied! Accessibility is certainly one of my many weak points.