Text (Typography, etc.) | Accessibility
Standards Based Development
Font Factors
Font factors that can influence the perception of colour contrasts and modify the inconvenience to the user.
- font choice (with or without serif, form and weight of the lettering)
- applied styles (bold, italic, uppercase letters)
- space between letter and lines (remember to use a sufficient value for line-height property in CSS)
- text length (what is suitable for a title could not be good for long paragraphs)
- the behaviour of the font when the user resizes it
- anti-aliasing quality for the font, depending of the operating system and/or the software used
Text Tools
Alphasymbolic - Dyslexic Notation based Typeface
Alphasymbolic is a "dyslexic notation" typeface that uses symmetric symbols to reduce confusion in the alphabet.
OpenDyslexic - Free and Open Source Dyslexia Typeface
OpenDyslexic is a new open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia. The typeface includes regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles, and 2 typefaces: OpenDyslexic, and OpenDyslexic-Alta. It was created to help with my reading, and is being updated continually and improved based on input from other dyslexic users. There are no restrictions on using OpenDyslexic outside of attribution. For attribution, a simple mention of the URL, and linkback where applicable is sufficient. For example: http://dyslexicfonts.com. This is to assist in others being able to find and download it.
OpenDyslexic is created to help with some of the symptoms of dyslexia. Letters have heavy weighted bottoms to indicate direction. You are able to quickly figure out which part of the letter is down which aids in recognizing the correct letter, and sometimes helps to keep your brain from rotating them around. Consistently weighted bottoms can also help reinforce the line of text. The unique shapes of each letter can help prevent confusion through flipping and swapping.