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I used to make fun of these fonts until I learned they are more readable for people with dyslexia.

Sadly this might not be true; most careful research on fonts have shown that font choices does not help people with dyslexia, even including fonts specifically designed for the purpose.

https://www.boia.org/blog/do-dyslexia-fonts-improve-accessib...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629233/

I found it more readable for coding even though I don’t have dyslexia. Surprised me when I found that out.

If you have dyslexia use a dyslexia font.

Comic Sans is not a bad font, but people make fun of it because it is used where it shouldn't be. (I blame WordArt and its attitudes for most typography atrocities)

The evidence for dyslexia fonts is kinda bad.

> Use of the OpenDyslexic font did not enhance text readability or reading speed. The study participants strongly preferred Verdana or Helvetica over the OpenDyslexic alternative.

https://blog.dyslexia.com/good-fonts-for-dyslexia-an-experim...

Interesting. Is there evidence that Comic Sans works better then dedicated dyslexia fonts?

Great article! That take on the study kinda disputes your authoritative stance on the issue, though, and for good reason IMO

  That they did best with the font sets that they were most likely to have been exposed to in the past does not necessarily mean that those fonts are the best for everyone.

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