OpenDyslexic, the font created to improve reading for dyslexic people

Although many of us think the introduction of eReaders or reading through electronic devices is positive, there are times when such reading, such devices solve problems that still persist in the world of paper. A peculiar case is the case of dyslexic people, a problem that affects 10 percent of the world's population and that with the eReader seems to have been largely solved.

If not long ago we were talking about measures that helped to dyslexic people, today we are talking about OpenDyslexic, a free font that can be installed on our computer, tablet, eReader and / or smartphone and that is focused on dyslexic people.

OpenDyslexic is a font with quite irregular strokes, a lot of separation between letter and letter and its characters are heavy. This has been done to comply with the latest studies on dyslexia. In these latest reports they assure that the change of perspective, the flipping of the text, worsens the compression of the brain of the dyslexic person and makes it very difficult to read even if it is a small text. For all this, the letter is heavier than normal so that it is more difficult for the devices to rotate the text.

OpenDyslexic is free and available for all platforms

The creator of the typeface is the Dutch designer Christien Boer, an expert designer who suffers from dyslexia and who decided to create a typeface to try to improve his problem. Boer has done work for Microsoft and Apple and now offers this typeface for free to anyone.

If the use is for institutions or corporations, the use of typography has a cost, although it is still very small if we take into account that this typeface will make dyslexic people better understand and read texts and ebooks.

And the thing does not end here, when Boer announced and published his typography, experts from the United Kingdom affirmed that they are working on a dictionary for dyslexics, this dictionary will be based on a different order than usual, instead of classifying the words by letters, it is They would classify by concepts and meanings, notably improving its use for dyslexics but not for its creators, who have a great job ahead of them, of which they have only ordered 50.000 words.

Although the dictionary is not yet available, OpenDyslexic is in this link, so if you suffer from this disease, do not hesitate to use it, you will notice the difference.