Dyslexia

Reading gives me headaches

The words are always moving

I hate to read

When I am reading if feels like I skinned my knee, it stings…

• The British Dyslexia Association suggest that 4% of

the population will be severely dyslexic (requiring

support at school and beyond). A further 6% may have

mild dyslexia.

• Oak Grove College has approximately 35% students

with dyslexia in SEN environment.

• Current estimates are 1 in 10 children have Dyslexic

tendencies which is about 2-3 children per average

class in a Mainstream environment.

A Dyslexic Student May Read Text As..

What is OpenDyslexic ?

• OpenDyslexic was invented by Abelardo Gonzalez

to increase readability for readers with dyslexia.

• OpenDyslexic Alta was developed Abelardo and Rob

Carpenter to include a rounded ‘a’

• OpenDyslexicMono designed to be used for text

editors and working with source code

• Typefaces includes regular, bold, italic, and bold-

italic styles.

OpenDyslexic

OpenDyslexic Alta

OpenDyslexic MonoAlternative fonts to increase

readability.

How Does It Help ?

OpenDyslexic tries to help prevent

some of these things from happening.

• Letters have heavy weighted

bottoms to add a kind of "gravity"

to each letter.

• You are able to figure out which part of the letter is down which aids in

recognizing the correct letter.

• It helps to keep your brain from rotating them around.

• Consistently weighted bottoms help reinforce the line of text.

• The unique shapes of each letter can help prevent confusion through

flipping and swapping.

Your brain can sometimes do funny things to letters.

OpenDyslexic Uses Unique Letter Shapesto help prevent confusion

Gill Sans rn m MW dpqb

l1IijJ

OpenDyslexic Uses Unique Letter Shapesto help prevent confusion

Gill Sans rn m MW dpqb

l1IijJ

Verdana rn m MW dpqb l1IijJ

OpenDyslexic Uses Unique Letter Shapesto help prevent confusion

Gill Sans rn m MW dpqb

l1IijJ

Verdana rn m MW dpqb l1IijJ

Comic Sans rn m MW dpqb

l1IijJ

OpenDyslexic Uses Unique Letter Shapesto help prevent confusion

Gill Sans rn m MW dpqb

l1IijJ

Verdana rn m MW dpqb l1IijJ

Comic Sans rn m MW dpqb

l1IijJ

OpenDyslexic rn m MW dpqb l1IijJ

• OpenDyslexic also takes a different approach to italic styles.

• It is recommended that italics be avoided in reading material for dyslexia.

• OpenDyslexic’s italic style has been design to allow for its use for “emphasis “while maintaining readability.

Initially these fonts look very different to what our eyes are used to reading.

But as you continue to read text in this font, you realise that it is easier to read than other fonts and typefaces.

This is due to the ‘weighted’ letters holding the text to the page.

OpenDyslexic is Open Source

• This means it is Free for all to use.

• It is being updated continually and improved based

on input from dyslexic users.

It Can Be Downloaded Here

http://opendyslexic.org/

Other OpenDyslexic Productsalso Free

Browser Extensions !

• Safari extension - includes off-white background, alternate paragraph shading.

• Chrome Extension - includes off-white background and alternate paragraph shading.

• Opera Extension Courtesy of Federico Panico

As a side note …..

At Oak Grove College we have found that

these fonts have produced great results

when used with students with ASD and

ADHD as the next makes everything look

less

‘Noisy’