[Xerte] Why novelty font;))

[Alistair McNaught]

I've not seen any specific research but the normal reasons given are
clarity and even spacing - see dyslexia association style guide:

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/about-dyslexia/further-information/dyslexi
a-style-guide.html



Having said that, dyslexic font preferences are very variable and a
friend of mine once worked through lots of fonts with a dyslexic learner
who finally decided she liked Times New Roman best, breaking all the
standard advice in the process.



A



From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 26 February 2010 22:17
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] Why novelty font;))



>Anecdotally a lot of dyslexic people tend to prefer it.



I am geuninely curious. Why is that?




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