Hi Simon,

Very interesting.

I created a document to the specification suggested and as a Dyslexic found the Arial & particularly the Bodoni MT more difficult to read and the Comic Sans a dream to read, especially at the 75% Black as it lifted the sharp contrast a little.

A study of 28 people is quite small, though I know of successful PhD’s with less., Not knowing the student makeup may have provided a skewed result especially if a percentage of the intervention group just happened to have had dyslexia, which in not stated.

Regards,

Ian

From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon Bloor
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Subject: Easy to read fonts vs Harder to read fonts

Folks – there was a piece on the radio this morning concerning easy to read fonts vs harder to read fonts – also see...

http://www.economist.com/node/17248892?story_id=17248892&fsrc=rss

There may be interesting implications for students with dyslexia?

Regards

Simon Bloor

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