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I understand if this is supposed to be better for dyslexics, but the fact that the distinctions of the letters are so heavily emphasized makes it harder to read
by DiscourseFan 2y ago
I understand if this is supposed to be better for dyslexics, but the fact that the distinctions of the letters are so heavily emphasized makes it harder to read, since I generally read entire words at a time, not letters, and the individual letters are less important than how they look together in a word or a sentence.
- SSLy 2y agoconsider https://www.oliviaking.com/inclusive-sans https://www.oliviaking.com/inclusive-sans
- bmicraft 2y agoI really dislike them having lower L just be a straight bar - And I'm saying that as someone that hates serif fonts with a passion. It doesn't really help you while reading that capital letter i looks different. You have to (1) know which font you're currently reading and (2) know that a straight bar isn't a capital i. This is kind aggregated by the fact that I'd naturally assume if only one letter looked like that it would be capital letter i. An assumption that is backed by this very website: I, l
- marginalia_nu 2y agoPersonally I find Comic Sans easiest to read, as dyslexic. I even use a monospace version of the font for coding and in the terminal.
- russfink 2y agoWould that by chance be the Pointfree font?
- marginalia_nu 2y agoDunno. It's just called Comic Mono. https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/ https://dtinth.github.io/comic-mono-font/
- tpoacher 2y agoYou might be interested to give Comic Code [0] a try instead. Unlike Comic Mono it is a paid font, but I find it a lot nicer to use/read. [0] https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code
- yardshop 2y agoI use Comic Code in my editors and console windows and really like it a lot. Adds some practical frivolity to the process!
- harimau777 2y agoI appreciate the double meaning of the name "Comic Code"! Well played! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority
- strunz 2y agoOof that k looks way too much like r to me EDIT: the font the website uses, not comic-code
- sphars 2y agoAnother alternative Comic Sans-inspired mono font is Serious Shanns (which is actually forked from Comic Mono): https://github.com/kaBeech/serious-shanns https://github.com/kaBeech/serious-shanns
- fnordpiglet 2y agoThat’s fascinating do you have any insights as to why?
- marginalia_nu 2y agoI think it's related to how irregular the shapes of the letters are. The circles are all slightly bent out of shape in different ways, and the line strokes all have slightly varying slants. Most attempts at making a font try to make all that stuff as regular as possible, even the one in the article we're discussing does this.
- fnordpiglet 2y agoThank you that makes sense.
- ggm 2y agoI am not dyslexic and I use this font too, because it's easier on my eyes. I find myself increasingly thinking "Courier" when I look at it and have to remind myself its not, and I chose it.
- ppseafield 2y agoLikewise I've used Fantasque Sans Mono (related to Comic Sans) for a long time as a coding font.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 2y agoHave you tried any Dyslexic fonts, like https://opendyslexic.org/ https://opendyslexic.org/ ?
- ahmedfromtunis 2y agoI'm not sure this font takes into consideration dyslexia as it seems, from what I read, focused on people with very bad eyesight.
- extra88 2y agoYes, but it does include some features that seem to be included with dyslexia in mind. Letters like d and b have small differences so they're not mirror images of each other.
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