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you can change fonts on ebooks?
The whole point of ebooks is that the reader decides the look, vs. PDF.
You can always change the font on your ebook reader. I know Calibre has the option.
The specific font isn’t as important for me. Mostly I’ll use whatever sans serif option is available in the reader, since I generally despise serifs. Very occasionally I’ll go for a serif font on a fantasy book for “atmosphere”, though.
During last year, I have been using Liberation Serif on my Kobo Clara Reader.
Any serif font is fine by me. I’ve been going with whatever Zathura’s default epub font is.
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.
What I came to suggest. This font is amazing.
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Is there any science in this? I believe this might just be a preference. :D
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
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.
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
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.
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).
Yeah this font made me dyslexic
Shantell Sans
Yes.
TL;DR: I don’t actually know, that’s how much I care.
Vollkorn. The best I could find.
Noto Serif
nztt.
Made it myself.
Works for my dyslexia, and efficient for vertical space.
It divides opinion, some very enthusiastic, some hate it.
I just tried a few fonts on my old Kobo, as I’ve done a few times here and there, and I always end up back with a serif font. I’m not sure why, but I have suspicion that reading paperbacks and newspapers before ereaders existed has trained me to read faster with serif fonts.
I prefer a helv variant usually, but now that it’s under fire I’m trying out colibri.
Literata and Bitter Pro are the ones I switch between on my kobo.
Currently using Noto Sans in koreader
http://vollkorn-typeface.com/ And I’m surprised that no one mentioned it yet
