Thank font for that

Every now and then you come across a font that goes above and beyond what is normally expected of it, offering something that its fellow fonts do not – essentially helping make life a little easier for those who are so often over looked. It is two of these fonts that I want to explore and play homage to in this post.

 

The first is a font called “Braille Neue” created by Kosuke Takahashi for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. This font incorporates braille into both the English and Japanese letter formations (no easy feat). Allowing the font to not only be accessible to the people of Japan during the Olympics, but also to a wider community of those from a English speaking background as well as those with vision impairments. Which in the case of a event such as the Olympics and Paralympics is an invaluable resource to ALL involved. To see the full beauty and extent of this font please check out brailleneue.com

The second font is “Dyslexie Font” designed by Christian Boer. This font as its name suggests was designed with Dyslexia in mind, with the aim of making reading and learning for those with Dyslexia a little easier. With this font the beauty lies in the subtleties given to each character. Simple considerations of height, weight and spacing have transformed letters and words that can so often get jumbled and confused for those with Dyslexia, to text that is easy to digest with little confusion. To learn the full story behind “Dyslexie Font” and how to access it for yourself head to dyslexiefont.com

It is examples like these that lead me to ask the question, what more can be done to allow easy access to information for everyone within our community? And what else can I do as a designer to better help and communicate to all? TAD Australia website to be a really useful resource – tadaustralia.org.au

It is certainly an area I would like to explore further.

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Quick Links:

Braille Neue: brailleneue.com

Dyslexie Font: dyslexiefont.com

TAD Australia: tadaustralia.org.au

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Image Credit: Braille Neue, by Kosuke Takahashi – brailleneue.com