I’m guessing they mean the standard dyslexia font that’s been passed around for some time, https://dyslexiefont.com/en/, or maybe since this is Lemmy, this one that has open in it’s name https://opendyslexic.org/
When writing programming code, markup, or any other structured text of that sort, it is easier on the eyes and to parse mentally when vertically and horizontally aligned. At least when reading English characters left to right, top to bottom. (I don’t read much else in that capacity).
Whereas with the written word, letters flow into each other, to give a better reading experience.
As for ligatures, having != (not equal), <= (smaller or equal to), == (equal), === (extra certain we’re equal as we messed up the implementation of ==, but need backwards compatibility) or similar operators show as the symbols they represent (while still maintaining the correct spacing), is more comfortable when ingesting large amounts of code, to me at least.
ligatures, having != (not equal), <= (smaller or equal to), == (equal),
Oh yeah I forgot about those. Those make perfect sense in a coding font, but I have seen “fi” or “ff” etc. together in 1 character cell and it’s completely unusable.
I haven’t experienced that myself, closest would be the Norwegian æ, but that is its separate letter on the keyboard, like ø and å. I can see why it’d be awful in some contexts though.
It looks like that one targets low vision more than dyslexia so it lacks things like heavy bottoms. However, they are both easier to read than typical typefaces.
Similarly, the US govt used Calibri for a short time since it’s more accessible than other typefaces. But as with anything intended to help people, Trump axed it
I have used both of those for students, I am not dyslexic myself but kids have said those have helped.
And to answer OP (again not dyslexic so maybe someone with direct experience could chime in): highly depends on the font/person but mostly making each letters shapes unique to help even if not at first make it possible to learn the uniqueness so it can be read without mixing up letters.
For example: u, w, v, and y not being the same height/weight on each side, each being slightly asymmetric, etc.
Can I ask if you can provide a link or three or so to refer to relevant dyslexia friendly fonts?
I happen to have a very mild form of dyslexia, where either written or typed, I’ll sometimes mix up my lowercase ‘u’ and ‘y’
I always catch the mixup within less than a second and correct it before I ever post, but yeah I’m kinda interested in this question myself.
I’m guessing they mean the standard dyslexia font that’s been passed around for some time, https://dyslexiefont.com/en/, or maybe since this is Lemmy, this one that has open in it’s name https://opendyslexic.org/
The Braile Institute also has one that I like a lot (but, I don’t have dyslexia, so can’t say how it compares to the others)
Neither am I, so I’ve only heard about them. I’m a big fan of the concept, and better accessibility for everyone, though.
However, if anyone needs opinions on a decent mono space font with ligature support I can offer one up!
Iosevka is my favorite one.
I always wondered what the point of that is, so I’m keen to hear your opinion! (Although I already sense where this goes given the topic.)
When writing programming code, markup, or any other structured text of that sort, it is easier on the eyes and to parse mentally when vertically and horizontally aligned. At least when reading English characters left to right, top to bottom. (I don’t read much else in that capacity).
Whereas with the written word, letters flow into each other, to give a better reading experience.
As for ligatures, having != (not equal), <= (smaller or equal to), == (equal), === (extra certain we’re equal as we messed up the implementation of ==, but need backwards compatibility) or similar operators show as the symbols they represent (while still maintaining the correct spacing), is more comfortable when ingesting large amounts of code, to me at least.
Oh yeah I forgot about those. Those make perfect sense in a coding font, but I have seen “fi” or “ff” etc. together in 1 character cell and it’s completely unusable.
I haven’t experienced that myself, closest would be the Norwegian æ, but that is its separate letter on the keyboard, like ø and å. I can see why it’d be awful in some contexts though.
It happened a few years ago and I’m not keen on repeating the experience just to analyse it further … soon even I won’t remember it anymore
It looks like that one targets low vision more than dyslexia so it lacks things like heavy bottoms. However, they are both easier to read than typical typefaces.
Similarly, the US govt used Calibri for a short time since it’s more accessible than other typefaces. But as with anything intended to help people, Trump axed it
FYI the link you shared seems to be a Google tracking link. The destination URL is https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont/
Blah, I hate that on Android Google has started commandeering all links and converting them. Thanks for the heads up, updated my link.
https://dyslexiefont.com/
https://opendyslexic.org/
I have used both of those for students, I am not dyslexic myself but kids have said those have helped.
And to answer OP (again not dyslexic so maybe someone with direct experience could chime in): highly depends on the font/person but mostly making each letters shapes unique to help even if not at first make it possible to learn the uniqueness so it can be read without mixing up letters.
For example: u, w, v, and y not being the same height/weight on each side, each being slightly asymmetric, etc.