In 1999, as an educational therapist, Dr. Bonnie Shaver-Troup, working with clients, began observing that reading issues masked the individual’s true capability and intelligence.
In 2000, Bonnie theorized that reading performance would improve through use of:
- A sans-serif font to reduce cognitive noise -Expanded scaling to improve potential for character recognition -Hyper-expansion of character spacing, which creates a greater lag time and reduces potential crowding and masking effects
These changes led to the development of seven specially-designed fonts, which create an immediate improvement in reading performance.
This is where Lexend was formed.
[Github] https://github.com/googlefonts/lexend
[Website] https://www.lexend.com/
Thy for the info! Appreciated.
That’s why I wrote “imo”. I do not suffer from dyslexia and I think e.g. “computer modern” with serifs (and without bloody ligatures) is more beatiful and with proper applied spacing, i.e. from tex and not word, it is easier and more comfortable to read. Meaning, even a reader who does not suffer from dyslexia can have an improved reading experience if the font fits better to the likings of the brain.