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For Low vision readers – certain letters and numbers can be hard to distinguish from one another. Answer – Atkinson Hyperlegible differentiates common misinterpreted letters and numbers using various design techniques. The examples in the screenshot show how similar B and 8 can look, as well as 1, I, i, and l.

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For Low vision readers – certain letters and numbers can be hard to distinguish from one another. Answer – Atkinson Hyperlegible differentiates common misinterpreted letters and numbers using various design techniques. The examples in the screenshot show how similar B and 8 can look, as well as 1, I, i, and l.
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Hilda Bastian (hildabast@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 11:48:45 JST Hilda Bastian
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This is fascinating! The Braille Institute has developed a font - free to download - that's designed to be clearer for readers with lower vision.
An example of one of the aspects of low legibility that they tackled attached.
It's named Atkinson Hyperlegible. Atkinson was the Institute's founder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Atkinson
Here's where you can read about the font and download it: https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont
#Accessibility
Via @tombofnull

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