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> Some people claim to prefer reading text set with OpenDyslexic. Some people like Comic Sans, too. But I was unaware that these typefaces that purport to be designed specifically to benefit people with dyslexia are based on misguided beliefs that dyslexia is a visual problem, and that actual research shows they do not provide the benefits they claim to. They’re just ugly fonts.

i still swear by atkinson hyperlegible though
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as a dyslexic person please never use "dyslexia fonts" please for the love of god just use anything else

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@apophis i was typing something praising atkinson hyperlegible and then i read your full post and realized u also praised atkinson hyperlegible

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@deersyrup FINALLY omg
i’ve hated that font since i found out about it, it’s so much harder to read for me
my teacher in primary school used to use a program which she’d have to configure to use that font every time she opened it. i asked her to stop since i couldn’t read it as well as a normal font (comic sans neofox_woozy) and she acted as if i was being ableist somehow (but my 7 year old brain didn’t get it)

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@deersyrup what has helped me a lot is increased line-height (something as ridiculously large as 1.8), increased page margin (indents would be more ideal but not always possible, but simply increasing the page margin helps me find where i was) and using a monospaced font because the spacing are all the same and i can chunk characters way more easily that way visually

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