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I was told I have dyslexia at a really young age. If so, it's really minor. I'll occasionally have to pause to remember which way a b goes versus a d. Sometimes

I was told I have dyslexia at a really young age. If so, it's really minor. I'll occasionally have to pause to remember which way a b goes versus a d. Sometimes I'll mix up in reading something like a license plate number. This is all super anecdotal, but I've lost countless hours debugging stuff, only to find that ive called fidnAllDocs instead of findAllDocs. Even when looking for a typo in that specific variable, I'll miss it multiple times. A while back I switched to open dyslexic in my terminal and editor. This issue has gone from every couple weeks to practically never. Some people hate it, but it's definitely worth a shot

rgoulter 6y ago
You don't mind that it's not a fixed width font?
- stopachka 6y ago
  Oo a fixed-width version of this font could be a great idea! (Am not dyslexic, so am not quite sure if fixed-width will make it more difficult, but if it can be avoided, boom)
- skyfaller 6y ago
  On the Github it lists a mono font among the styles: "OpenDyslexic, in Regular, Bold, Italic, and BoldItalic. Also, OpenDyslexic Mono, and OpenDyslexic Rounded: intentionally lower contrast." https://github.com/antijingoist/opendyslexic#styles https://github.com/antijingoist/opendyslexic#styles I do in fact see an OpenDyslexicMono font after downloading it. I can't vouch for how good the font is though, since I'm not dyslexic.
- CodeAndCuffs 6y ago
  It has, and I use, the mono version. Also, ive seen decent arguments in support of non monospace, as it makes typos of text that should be the same, but isn't, more aparrent when on adjacent lines. But I've been using mono for a while and never had an reason to try non-mono
KaiserPro 6y ago
> fidnAllDocs instead of findAllDocs. I feel your pain on this. I'm curious to see if other people find it helps. My instinct is that its much harder to read compared to something like zilvertype. But then I _had_ dysgraphia, rather than full bore dyslexia.

rgoulter 6y ago

You don't mind that it's not a fixed width font?

stopachka 6y ago
Oo a fixed-width version of this font could be a great idea! (Am not dyslexic, so am not quite sure if fixed-width will make it more difficult, but if it can be avoided, boom)
skyfaller 6y ago
On the Github it lists a mono font among the styles: "OpenDyslexic, in Regular, Bold, Italic, and BoldItalic. Also, OpenDyslexic Mono, and OpenDyslexic Rounded: intentionally lower contrast." https://github.com/antijingoist/opendyslexic#styles https://github.com/antijingoist/opendyslexic#styles I do in fact see an OpenDyslexicMono font after downloading it. I can't vouch for how good the font is though, since I'm not dyslexic.
CodeAndCuffs 6y ago
It has, and I use, the mono version. Also, ive seen decent arguments in support of non monospace, as it makes typos of text that should be the same, but isn't, more aparrent when on adjacent lines. But I've been using mono for a while and never had an reason to try non-mono

KaiserPro 6y ago

> fidnAllDocs instead of findAllDocs. I feel your pain on this. I'm curious to see if other people find it helps. My instinct is that its much harder to read compared to something like zilvertype. But then I _had_ dysgraphia, rather than full bore dyslexia.