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Goofy looking OpenDyslexic font vastly improves reading

9 pointsby DoubleDerper9 months ago
Personal experience. Last year I switched my Kindle font to &#x27;OpenDyslexic&#x27; and after a day or two reading became overall more enjoyable. Less eye strain. Longer reading sessions. I&#x27;ve doubled the amount of books I&#x27;d normally read in a year.<p>I was never diagnosed as dyslexic and have always enjoyed reading. It&#x27;s one of the best life hacks I&#x27;ve found.<p>Has anyone else experienced this?<p>More about OpenDyslexic https:&#x2F;&#x2F;opendyslexic.org&#x2F;

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42lux9 months ago
It&#x27;s the placebo effect. That&#x27;s also why they only link to generic studies on opendyslexic.org<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC5629233&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC5629233&#x2F;</a>
lafeoooooo9 months ago
I use a chrome plugin to change the website font to OpenDyslexic. It&#x27;s Interesting.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chromewebstore.google.com&#x2F;detail&#x2F;opendyslexic-for-chrome&#x2F;cdnapgfjopgaggbmfgbiinmmbdcglnam" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chromewebstore.google.com&#x2F;detail&#x2F;opendyslexic-for-ch...</a>
Brajeshwar9 months ago
How do you feel about Atkinson Hyperlegible?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;brailleinstitute.org&#x2F;freefont" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;brailleinstitute.org&#x2F;freefont</a>
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vunderba9 months ago
As someone who has never been diagnosed with dyslexia, the deliberate asymmetry of the font stroke width is <i>rough</i> on my eyes.<p>Unrelated but the ability to load custom fonts on my Kindle is one of the nicest advantages of using an e-Reader over traditional paper format. I do kind of wish that kindle would remember your preferred font settings at a <i>per book level</i> though.