OpenDyslexic. I used to hate reading. Read one and a half books this year. Also 3 novella's. For fun! I never read for fun. Usually just programming books to get my feet wet before jumping into documentation. Never an entire book cover to cover unless Im obsessed enough.
depends on the person and symptoms. I was the opposite of sceptical, but when I tried it, I was super disappointed, because reading suddenly became MUCH more difficult.
The non-open dyslexiefont is what helped me. Even though the differences seem minor.
But the best solution for me is modern TTS while reading along.
I also sometimes does TTS while reading along, but most of the time I'm doing it it just means I should get some rest instead of forcing more focus (AuDHD).
As i understand it we dyslexic people read more in blocks of words among other issues with order of letters and or sounds. Easily two words can become confused with each other if the look enough alike. Take defiantly and definitely, two words I often mistake for one another and often have trouble spelling individually. The dyslexic font has more spacing between letters which helps a ton.
Just that. Also, most research I've seen claim no difference to be found, but surely that also depends and neurotype and several other things, so it might still be helpful for some groups.
Usually whatever the default serif typeface is. What I care more about is flush left (“ragged right”) alignment, ideally with automatic hyphenation. I find justified alignment very distracting.
Lexend Deca from https://www.lexend.com/ because it's the only font I could find which was studied during it's creation for being more readable for many people.
Since the first time of seeing it on a Mac (Plus, probably), I've been in love with Palatino. It just seems to flow so nicely, and the italic is gorgeous.
I missed it for many years until I found TeX Gyre Pagella.
Libertinus Serif is my current favorite. I generally like most garamond-likes for most books, but will dabble in a sans if the book is suitably scifi.
Older favorites of mine are Adobe Caslon Pro and Adobe Devanagari.
Baumschrift is a fantastic clean sans font but honestly it shines best on larger sizes for headers rather than prose.
If we are doing monospace I love IBM Plex Mono in the light variety.
I just tried a few fonts on my old Kobo, as I've done a few times here and there, and I always end up back with a serif font. I'm not sure why, but I have suspicion that reading paperbacks and newspapers before ereaders existed has trained me to read faster with serif fonts.
The specific font isn't as important for me. Mostly I'll use whatever sans serif option is available in the reader, since I generally despise serifs. Very occasionally I'll go for a serif font on a fantasy book for "atmosphere", though.
For me, Trebuchet goes straight to my brain. There are plenty of fonts that look nicer to me, but that's the one that I settled on after trying out dozens. I read it faster, I don't lose my place, it works equally well for me at several font sizes and on both traditional ebook readers and tablet screens.
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Maiq@piefed.social · 36 pts · 250d
OpenDyslexic. I used to hate reading. Read one and a half books this year. Also 3 novella's. For fun! I never read for fun. Usually just programming books to get my feet wet before jumping into documentation. Never an entire book cover to cover unless Im obsessed enough.
I was sceptical but it really does help.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol · 12 pts · 250d
depends on the person and symptoms. I was the opposite of sceptical, but when I tried it, I was super disappointed, because reading suddenly became MUCH more difficult.
The non-open dyslexiefont is what helped me. Even though the differences seem minor.
But the best solution for me is modern TTS while reading along.
erebion@news.erebion.eu · 4 pts · 250d
I also sometimes does TTS while reading along, but most of the time I'm doing it it just means I should get some rest instead of forcing more focus (AuDHD).
YellaLeber@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 249d
Yeah this font made me dyslexic
not_me@piefed.social · 4 pts · 250d
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 249d
What I came to suggest. This font is amazing.
erebion@news.erebion.eu · 2 pts · 250d
Is there any science in this? I believe this might just be a preference. :D
Maiq@piefed.social · 3 pts · 250d
As i understand it we dyslexic people read more in blocks of words among other issues with order of letters and or sounds. Easily two words can become confused with each other if the look enough alike. Take defiantly and definitely, two words I often mistake for one another and often have trouble spelling individually. The dyslexic font has more spacing between letters which helps a ton.
If you want to know more about dyslexia
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353552
And here is some research related to dyslexia from the openDyslexic website
https://opendyslexic.org/related-research
erebion@news.erebion.eu · 2 pts · 250d
I've used that font on an ereader for more then a year, then switched to something else and noticed no difference at all.
I've also seen research claiming that it does not help at all, so idk.
Kornblumenratte@feddit.org · 1 pts · 249d
Resarch can only study the average effect. If switching to a certain font does not help on average, it does not mean that it helps never.
erebion@news.erebion.eu · 1 pts · 249d
Just that. Also, most research I've seen claim no difference to be found, but surely that also depends and neurotype and several other things, so it might still be helpful for some groups.
renlok@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 248d
I've never found different fonts to help my dyslexia much, but I find the contrast between the font and the background effects it quite a lot
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 26 pts · 250d
Times New Roman
/not allowed to say anything else or my boat will be sunk.
zewm@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 250d
thingsiplay@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 250d
Comic Sans
helix@feddit.org · 2 pts · 250d
https://comicneue.com/
davel@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 250d
Usually whatever the default serif typeface is. What I care more about is flush left (“ragged right”) alignment, ideally with automatic hyphenation. I find justified alignment very distracting.
Problems with justification » Typographic anomalies
eutampieri@feddit.it · 15 pts · 249d
http://vollkorn-typeface.com/ And I’m surprised that no one mentioned it yet
madnificent@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 250d
Lexend Deca from https://www.lexend.com/ because it's the only font I could find which was studied during it's creation for being more readable for many people.
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 250d
Atkinson Hyperlegible Next from the Braille Institute
mfat@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 250d
Thanks. Had never heard of this one.
salvagedrifter@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 250d
Gentium Book, Alegreya, or Labrada. Humanist serif fonts for reading Fantasy and SciFi. Absolutely love them, can't recommend these enough.
Camille_Jamal@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 250d
you can change fonts on ebooks?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 249d
The whole point of ebooks is that the reader decides the look, vs. PDF.
airbornestar@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 250d
You can always change the font on your ebook reader. I know Calibre has the option.
noughtnaut@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 250d
Since the first time of seeing it on a Mac (Plus, probably), I've been in love with Palatino. It just seems to flow so nicely, and the italic is gorgeous.
I missed it for many years until I found TeX Gyre Pagella.
warmaster@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 249d
Faustina, it's the FOSS alternative to the Kindle's default font.
morgenman@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 250d
Libertinus Serif is my current favorite. I generally like most garamond-likes for most books, but will dabble in a sans if the book is suitably scifi. Older favorites of mine are Adobe Caslon Pro and Adobe Devanagari. Baumschrift is a fantastic clean sans font but honestly it shines best on larger sizes for headers rather than prose. If we are doing monospace I love IBM Plex Mono in the light variety.
swelter_spark@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 250d
Oh, I like Libertinus.
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 250d
Literata and Bitter Pro are the ones I switch between on my kobo.
Quazatron@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 250d
Copperplate Gothic.
Just kidding, I don't have one but would love some suggestions.
xela@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 250d
Everyone seems to go crazy for Atkinson Hyperlegible
erebion@news.erebion.eu · 2 pts · 250d
Somehow I, actually, find this font hard to read. o.O
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 248d
nztt.
Made it myself.
Works for my dyslexia, and efficient for vertical space.
It divides opinion, some very enthusiastic, some hate it.
Artopal@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 250d
Vollkorn. The best I could find.
Presently42@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 250d
Noto Serif
Hayduke@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
Baskerville, or Jokerman if I fancy an aneurism.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 249d
Roboto, Droid, Dejavu, Liberation. Only Sans Serif.
non_burglar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
I just tried a few fonts on my old Kobo, as I've done a few times here and there, and I always end up back with a serif font. I'm not sure why, but I have suspicion that reading paperbacks and newspapers before ereaders existed has trained me to read faster with serif fonts.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 246d
Atkinson hyperledgable. Made by the RNIB.
I'm visually impaired and it really helps.
It is also a good font in general for easy reading.
There is also a next version. Little more modern looking and a mono version.
FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 250d
Inter.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 250d
Currently using Noto Sans in koreader
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d
I prefer a helv variant usually, but now that it's under fire I'm trying out colibri.
lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 250d
The specific font isn't as important for me. Mostly I'll use whatever sans serif option is available in the reader, since I generally despise serifs. Very occasionally I'll go for a serif font on a fantasy book for "atmosphere", though.
Kornblumenratte@feddit.org · 1 pts · 249d
Antykwa Torunski.
doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 249d
Shantell Sans
utopiah@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 250d
Yes.
TL;DR: I don't actually know, that's how much I care.
bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 248d
For me, Trebuchet goes straight to my brain. There are plenty of fonts that look nicer to me, but that's the one that I settled on after trying out dozens. I read it faster, I don't lose my place, it works equally well for me at several font sizes and on both traditional ebook readers and tablet screens.
swelter_spark@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 250d
I use DejaVu on my phone. Maybe computer, too. I can't check right now; it's out of commission.
communism@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 249d
Any serif font is fine by me. I've been going with whatever Zathura's default epub font is.
moonburster@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 250d
Georgia
garcin@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 249d
illusionist@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 250d
I like latin modern/computer modern in general for papers.I'm no ebook reader hence I can't recommend one for that specifically
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 250d