Even if a font claims to be “hyper” legible or “for dyslexic people”, actual user testing does not show advantages over other fonts. It’s not generalizable.
See Gareth Ford William’s summary, and his talk “Don’t Believe The Type!”.
Even if a font claims to be “hyper” legible or “for dyslexic people”, actual user testing does not show advantages over other fonts. It’s not generalizable.
See Gareth Ford William’s summary, and his talk “Don’t Believe The Type!”.
@yatil See https://blog.hello-bokeh.fr/2023/01/12/accessibilite-et-typographie-quest-ce-quune-police-de-caracteres-accessible/ (sorry, French, but automatic translation should give you the gist) which is a thorough and recent article on the subject, and says the same 😊
by @annso
@yatil I used Atkinson Hyperlegible for a while. My research said Roboto was a good font for legibility and I preferred its aesthetic to Atkinson. Was that a good a move?