Please check out the article below. Sometimes our web design choices can have unintended side effects for our users. As you move into your field of study, keep in mind that not all users function the same way on computers and on the web!
Beyond meeting the needs of dyslexic users, what other benefits of using more readable fonts can you foresee?
Using a more readable font would help a wide range of readers from different age groups read. It will help young readers to learn how to read and increase their vocabulary. Older readers will still be able to fully enjoy reading regardless of their eyesight. In the future, it might help people better understand our time period because it might be easier to translate.
I found the article very interesting because for one I am one of the individuals with Dyslexia. I was diagnosed when I was in third or fourth grade when my teachers noticed I struggled when it came to reading out loud in class. It is a hard thing to deal with from time to time, but I have a mild version of it. It usually affects me when it comes to taking exams, homework assignments, and instructions for in-class assignments. When it comes to reading things on the internet can be challenging sometimes because of the way the font is or the way the words are small and other things that come into play. So changing the font and the size could help for people with Dyslexia. It is something that people should really test themselves to see if they have a case of it and a good test would be to read an article out loud but in small font to see if they struggle a little reading it.
Web authors should use fonts and a typing style that is more friendly to people that have dyslexia. This is especially true for websites that report news that could be very important. The user with dyslexia needs to be understand clearly and efficiently information that could have a major impact on that user’s life. Support organizations for people with this condition should be contacted to find which fonts are the most easiest to read for these people.
Websites should convey their information in fonts that are easier to read for dyslexic people. Many dyslexic people probably rely on news sites and other web sites with information that could have a major impact on their lives, so a font style that can be clearly read should be used. Support organizations for this condition should be contacted to find out which styles are the best to use.
I enjoyed reading this article simply because it expresses a condition that many people live through, and for those that do not have dyslexia have a sense of how it’s like to have dyslexia. A person like myself that has dyslexia can be difficult to do certain task. I sometimes struggle to do certain tasks and others do not understand why it’s harder for me then for them to do things. I think it’s important for non-dyslexic people to understand how this condition works because whenever they do something that affects dyslexic people they can now compromise a little to make things at ease for dyslexic people. For an example in the work of web designing some dyslexic people struggle and I feel that this is why it’s important for some designers to publish work that will be reliable for dyslexic people.
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