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Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute (www.brailleinstitute.org)

submitted 6 days ago by ExtremeDullard to c/disability@beehaw.org

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This font is awesome!

I'm not blind but my eyesight isn't what it used to be, like all men my age, and this font really is legible at a much smaller size even for me.

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[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 points 5 days ago

Thanks for sharing.

I have minor optic atrophy and severe diabetic retinopathy. Have to say, these fonts really do help.

They make reading much more comfortable for me.

Now, need to work out how to add them to my android tablet,

[–] kruffa@beehaw.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wow, that was interesting... My eyes started to ache while reading that font... Like if I look directly at the sun or a very bright light or lightshow.

Fascinating!

(On mobile, ~15cm distance, I have some visual deficits that require glasses but I haven't got around to get progressive ones or specific reading glasses as I mostly see alright in short dustances. I have something with the rotation - can't remember the correct term - which I suspect had a part here)

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

something with the rotation

Astigmatism?

[–] kruffa@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

Sounds familiar, but I don't really pay attention to health care professionals in that way, so I'm not sure :)

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 5 points 6 days ago

Thank you for linking this, this looks amazing! I'm going to see if we can get it incorporated on our dashboards at work.

[–] Kissaki@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

Special Circles
Circular elements reflect the heritage of the Braille Institute.

I'm confused by this "feature" of the font.

Is it something that turned out to be there, and they make a connection to it? I wouldn't add it to the list of features, right next to intentional design. It's confusing.

Is it intentional design? Then I don't get it, what it means or is for.