![]() ![]() “The irregularity of the glyphs helps the letters stand out from one another”, comments Daniel. ![]() The starting point of inspiration was to co-exist with the campaign “There’s Nothing Comic About Dyslexia”, which aimed to talk about how many people with dyslexia find it easier to read fonts like Comic Sans in comparison to other more structured and modular fonts. This flexibility was also created so we didn’t sacrifice too much of the design aesthetic or legibility for people who don’t want these design additions implemented.” “You can adjust the ascender & descender heights, top and base thickness, x-height, and dot weights. It’s also possible to play around with it by adjusting six variable accessibility features. There are the 3 stylistic sets that can be used by themselves or cycled as contextual alternates. Consistently-inconsistent-not-so-regular Sans Serif Because dyslexia can be a whole range of different difficulties related to reading, there is no one-shoe-fits-all”, explained Daniel. “Releasing the font for free is an extension of this wish for a broader reach. To reach that goal, the font is available for free – for both commercial and personal usage. The project’s key goal was accessibility, not just through its design, but its position in the font marketplace. “It serves as an example of how a font can be created with design inclusivity in mind while still keeping its design usability.” To be a font that would actually be used by designers, therefore having the biggest reach and also the highest chance of helping people with dyslexia – beyond just installing it on their own computer”, he continues. “Fairly early in the process, I wanted this to strike a balance between dyslexia-legibility and designer-usability. Right away I thought it was both a good cause and an interesting design challenge, as I have never done any design specifically for people with dyslexia”, tells us Brokstad. “I was approached by Innocean Berlin as they were looking to create a campaign and font for dyslexia. The font was created as part of the campaign “There’s Nothing Comic About Dyslexia”, together with Dyslexia Scotland and Innocean Berlin, and executed by the graphic designer Norway-born and New York-based, Daniel Brokstad. As a solution, Inconstant Regular – a dyslexia-friendly font – was created. However, it’s not always the case that someone who is diagnosed with dyslexia finds it easy to read the same typefaces our eyes are accustomed to. When it comes to design, we always value accessibility.
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