I'm not dyslexic, but I am loving the OpenDyslexic font

[OriginalGriff]

I disagree - to me that looks like an anorexic version of Comic Sans ... not easy to read for me at all.

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[Jon McKee]

The differing heights or something on every letter mess with my eyes and make it hard to read. Comic Sans is way easier to read imo.

[RaviBee]

Interesting.  I found the font strained my eyes.  (I'm not dyslexic.) /ravi

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[Mike Hankey]

I'm not seeing it!

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[yacCarsten]

Wow, I found that so much better to read. I don't believe I'm dyslexic, but since I was a kid there was a suspicion that I may have been, but never went to the trouble of being diagnosed.

[GKP1992]

I can read it no problem, but I'm not dyslexic (at least I think I'm not :~). I have ADHD and am mildly OCD though, that may be a reason.

[kalberts]

I'm not dyslexic, and I do not find the font easy to read. Yet I will easily believe claims that for some kinds of dyslexia, this font is a good one. One reason for me to say this: I had a daughter with a strong visual handicap, so she was a braille reader. His teacher decided that the entire class should learn a little braille, so they had my daugther print out some braille hardcopy that the others could read, looking up the dot patterns one by one in the braille alphabet. One of the boys was suffering from severe dyslexia, and had had large problems learning ordinary blackprint reading - but this little fellow read learned the braille right away, and soon could read the texts without checking the alphabet. He actually learned to read braille faster than he could read letter text. This was when they were seven, maybe eight, so they were not fast readers, any of them. (And this was a Waldorf School, or Steiner School as we call them, where they certainly do not push reading at a very low age. Other things are more important when you are five or six.) When a small kid with strong dyslexia learns to read braille without any problem, then it makes sense that a different, but character-like, typeface can have a simlar effect.

[glennPattonPub]

Hmmm, interesting, like comic sans, I would be interested to hear what a genuine strong dyslexic opinion of it. I am guessing it's the difference in the font that makes it easy to read when contrasted against a standard...

[GuyThiebaut]

I don't think I am dyslexic, however I found that font really easy to read.

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[Lost User]

Larger spacing, large font; would be a bit weird if that's hard to read. Not going to use it in the IDE for code, since it seems to waste/require a lot of space.

willichan wrote:

I am now in the process of converting all of my code to default to or recommend downloading the font.

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[musefan]

I also find it less readable than most common fonts... perhaps you are a closet dyslexic? ;)

[peterkmx]

Good to know … but it's not my preference as it has some unusual impact on my eyes ...

[ZurdoDev]

willichan wrote:

I am not dyslexic,

You might actually be. That font is annoying to my eyes. But cool link. :thumbsup:

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[Marc Clifton]

willichan wrote:

I am finding it so easy to read.

Yuck. Not eye!

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[willichan]

I am finding all the feedback very interesting. Everyone I have shown it to agrees that it is easier to read. Admittedly, showing it to a dozen or so personal contacts does not make for a very good sampling. Given the number of people that don't seem to like it, I will have to rethink making it a default. I will definitely make it an available option though. Thanks to everyone for the feedback ... from both sides. I sometimes forget that I should not only think outside of the box, but occasionally get out of my box and see what other people think. :cool: Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.

[dandy72]

My initial reaction...if this takes off, it'll be the new Comic Sans.