This font shows you what it feels like to be dyslexic

Share

Fonts are already known to cause emotional reactions but can they be used to recreate the frustration of being dyslexic?

That was the task final year design student Daniel Britton set himself after being diagnosed as dyslexic and realising that his friends and teachers couldn’t appreciate what it meant.

The font, in which he removed about half of each letter, isn’t meant to recreate the exact experience of having dyslexia; rather, it’s intended to show the reader what it feels like — the extra effort it requires and the frustration you feel as it slows you down… read more via Wired.

This font shows you what it feels like to be dyslexic