• Maiq@piefed.social
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    8 days ago

    As i understand it we dyslexic people read more in blocks of words among other issues with order of letters and or sounds. Easily two words can become confused with each other if the look enough alike. Take defiantly and definitely, two words I often mistake for one another and often have trouble spelling individually. The dyslexic font has more spacing between letters which helps a ton.

    If you want to know more about dyslexia

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353552

    And here is some research related to dyslexia from the openDyslexic website

    https://opendyslexic.org/related-research

    • erebion@news.erebion.eu
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      8 days ago

      I’ve used that font on an ereader for more then a year, then switched to something else and noticed no difference at all.

      I’ve also seen research claiming that it does not help at all, so idk.

      • Kornblumenratte@feddit.org
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        7 days ago

        Resarch can only study the average effect. If switching to a certain font does not help on average, it does not mean that it helps never.