Christian
Boer, 33, is a Dutch graphic designer who created the font that makes reading
easier for people, like himself, who have dyslexia, according to his website. Now,
he’s offering it to people for free.
The
typeface is called “Dyslexie,” and Boer first developed it as a final thesis
project when he was a student at the Utrecht Art Academy in the Netherlands.
The font makes reading easier for people with dyslexia by varying the letter
shapes more, making it harder to confuse similarly shaped letters like “b” and
“d,” for example.
Dyslexia is
a language-based processing disorder resulting in a learning disability often
characterized by difficulties with accurate word recognition, decoding and
spelling, according to the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
Learn more in this video:
Source: h/t
Reddit Uplifting News, The Mighty, Melissa Mc Glensey.
