Fonts for dyslexics: comments by Stephan Peters

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Fonts for dyslexics: comments by Stephan Peters [Stephan Peters] Stephan Peters gives his opinions on fonts for dyslexics (in 2020) based on opinions by dyslexics. Amazon Ember (by Dalton Maag) is his favorite sans for small size readability. Modern versions of DIN like Datto D-Din by Charles Nix are also quite readable. The most readable serif, according to him, is the proprietary Barrington Stoke, which is a modified PMN Caecilia (by Gerrit Noordzij) featuring longer ascenders and descenders. He mentions that unlike most people with dyslexia, he prefers serifs: I have a bigger problem with tracking. I start to read on one line and my eye tracks to the line above or below. The serifs really help with that. A related font is Modum by The Northern Block. For e-readers and paperwhite, he points to Crimson Text (by Sebastian Kosch). Merriweather (by Eben Sorkin) and Carrig (by Paulo Goode) are also very readable serifs for him. He adds: There's a lot of misinformation out there about "dyslexic fonts." Dyslexie is OK, but looks awful artistically. Open Dyslexic, which attempts to emulate Dyslexie is REALLY TERRIBLE! It is a disservice to people with dyslexia. Studies show it is not a helpful font [...] It has a high x-height, which leads to lower ascenders. p and q are just reversed, b and d are just reversed.... Terrible kerning... m looks like the Latin ligature rn... I could go on and on. [...] In reality, line height and font size have more to do with readability than the actual font, there are studies that show this, too.	EXTERNAL LINKS Fonts for dyslexics: comments by Stephan Peters Behance page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Typefaces for dyslexics ⦿ Type scene in Minnesota ⦿