It seems that dyslexics see letter shapes in 3D. The fact that so many letters look alike because they’re built out of the same bits sometimes makes the letters swap positions in dyslexic eyes. It’s really easy for “pumps” to look like for “dumps” to them.
So doesn’t it make sense for dyslexics to have their own typeface where letters don’t look so alike?
Let’s start with gravity. If dyslexics see things in three dimensions, how about we make letters bottom-heavy so it’s easy to see which way they’d land?
And how about just making letters look a little more different from each other so dyslexic brains can tell right away that they’re not the same?
The Dyslexie font does just this. And it works on all major computer platforms. And there’s even a browser plug-in for reading on the web. So cool.
