• Maiq@piefed.socialEnglish
    3 months

    OpenDyslexic. I used to hate reading. Read one and a half books this year. Also 3 novella’s. For fun! I never read for fun. Usually just programming books to get my feet wet before jumping into documentation. Never an entire book cover to cover unless Im obsessed enough.

    I was sceptical but it really does help.

    • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
      3 months

      but it really does help

      depends on the person and symptoms. I was the opposite of sceptical, but when I tried it, I was super disappointed, because reading suddenly became MUCH more difficult.

      The non-open dyslexiefont is what helped me. Even though the differences seem minor.

      But the best solution for me is modern TTS while reading along.

      • erebion@news.erebion.euEnglish
        3 months

        I also sometimes does TTS while reading along, but most of the time I’m doing it it just means I should get some rest instead of forcing more focus (AuDHD).

    • renlok@lemmy.world
      3 months

      I’ve never found different fonts to help my dyslexia much, but I find the contrast between the font and the background effects it quite a lot

    • erebion@news.erebion.euEnglish
      3 months

      Is there any science in this? I believe this might just be a preference. :D

      • Maiq@piefed.socialEnglish
        3 months

        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.euEnglish
          3 months

          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
            3 months

            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.

            • erebion@news.erebion.euEnglish
              3 months

              Just that. Also, most research I’ve seen claim no difference to be found, but surely that also depends and neurotype and several other things, so it might still be helpful for some groups.

  • salvagedrifter@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3 months

    Gentium Book, Alegreya, or Labrada. Humanist serif fonts for reading Fantasy and SciFi. Absolutely love them, can’t recommend these enough.

  • morgenman@lemmy.world
    3 months

    Libertinus Serif is my current favorite. I generally like most garamond-likes for most books, but will dabble in a sans if the book is suitably scifi. Older favorites of mine are Adobe Caslon Pro and Adobe Devanagari. Baumschrift is a fantastic clean sans font but honestly it shines best on larger sizes for headers rather than prose. If we are doing monospace I love IBM Plex Mono in the light variety.

  • noughtnaut@lemmy.world
    3 months

    Since the first time of seeing it on a Mac (Plus, probably), I’ve been in love with Palatino. It just seems to flow so nicely, and the italic is gorgeous.

    I missed it for many years until I found TeX Gyre Pagella.

  • Quazatron@lemmy.world
    3 months

    Copperplate Gothic.

    Just kidding, I don’t have one but would love some suggestions.

  • Digit@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    3 months

    nztt.

    Made it myself.

    Works for my dyslexia, and efficient for vertical space.

    It divides opinion, some very enthusiastic, some hate it.