How a font can help people with dyslexia to read | Christian Boer | TEDxFultonStreet

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It's very rare that graphic design can relieve a medical problem, but this is one such case. Take a brief tour through the world of dyslexia, as Christian Boer shows how conventional typography produces text that is hard for dyslexics to read. Then he demonstrates clearly how his innovation sidesteps the usual stumbling blocks - making a potentially life-changing improvement for millions.
Christian Boer has dyslexia and is a graphic designer. For his graduation project he developed a typeface for people with dyslexia called Dyslexie. The typeface went worldwide and used by thousands of people. Next to this he is also busy with dyslexia awareness and connecting people that work in the field of dyslexia and giving speeches for teachers about dyslexia in the class.
Christian Boer is a graphic designer and graduate of the Utrecht Art Academy. He first developed the Dyslexie typeface there as a final project.
Dyslexie font was a finalist for the Fast Company Innovate Through Design Award in 2012 and went on to many highlights in 2013, including a nomination for the Rabobank New Generation Pitch.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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@dess9955 3 года назад

They should use this font with all children in every school until they learn to read and then they just introduce other fonts. Thank you Christian Boer.

@scapes5548 3 года назад

True!! I learned how to read way later than any other person ive met and i felt so ashamed:( i just discovered this just when i turned 17 and i wish we heard of this like 10 years ago atleast lol

@Nda54Gem Год назад

Absolutely Agree!

@JaimeGandarillaG Год назад

Exactly, it should become a "beginners" font

@chelseaadams995 3 года назад

Wow! After quitting my arts degree because of struggling with university readings for my subjects, and moving to complete a performing arts degree, this font is going to change everything! I’m about to go back to uni to do my masters of teaching and was so nervous that I’d find the same struggle with reading content! I’m sure that this font will make a difference for me! Thankyou!

@kevinfaust1904 8 лет назад

I stopped the video at 0.16 stunned at how real that image was. I was stunned and overcome with just how much of a weight it is to have to deal with it all the time. That is what text looks like for me a lot of the time, I am 52 years old. Some of the days are easy to read and some days its very frustrating. Keep up the good work.

@joemcnair3742 8 лет назад

My wife told me about this last year and I downloaded the font. It was a revelation. Now if Amazon will only include the font as an option on the Kindle. My Kindle is just sitting in the drawer gathering dust because the Kindle Cloud reader when used with Firefox can use the dyslexie font. I can read more, longer and faster than I thought possible. Mr Boer is my hero. I have been struggling with reading my whole life, there is not much that can make this old 60 something cry, but this did. My wife thinks this is the ugliest hardest to read font she has ever seen.... it is a beautiful thing to me. Reading for pleasure is a joy. My heartfelt thanks.

@ICP1SBJ 4 года назад

the kindle reader now has an "Open Dyslexic font". I know this was 3 years ago when you wrote this but in case you didn't ever find it. I just found it tonight after this video. Great stuff. google "Kindle Update v5.7.2 Adds Open Dyslexic Font, New Home Page (Screenshots)"

@jenniferrobison7912 5 лет назад

Awesome, love it. Clearly Dyslexics are problem solvers

@zzannab 8 лет назад

I am so grateful that I have found this. I have only been assessed as being dyslexic and I have know where to turn to for help or guidance. I am a mature woman of 57. It feels as if my life is just starting. Much appreciated. Thank you!

@CMHudson85 8 лет назад

I posted a suggestion to introduce this font into Google and its applications in Google's Web Fonts Early Access Discussion group, as well as a link to this video and font's homepage. Cheers.

@anangelsstar 4 года назад

its a font on amazon kindle

@onee 3 года назад

@Zachariah Reign Don't do that.

@Z22ZINFS 5 лет назад

My 24 year old daughter sent me a link to this. She said she cried when she watched it because she finally found the answer to her reading problem. I am 62 and went to an Engineering school because I struggled with reading, although not as bad as my daughter. I obtained excellent grades, but struggled with any course requiring much reading. I can't wait to download the font on her and my computers to see the improvement it will make. THANKS!

@MrVwitter 5 лет назад

English is not my native language But with your font, I can easily read for the first time in my life, I enjoy reading something THANK YOU SO MUCH

@92billly 8 лет назад

wow! reading that txt made me feel very emotional. I struggled so much through school mainly because I would have to reread everything again and again and sometimes still would not understand what it said or what it was about. I have never been diagnosed with dyslexia but I believe that I would very likely have it. Anyway that txt was one of the very few times in my life that i was able to read and understand what it meant the first time. Thank you

@slatecat 4 года назад

Totally BRILLIANT!!! Using this font makes reading slip stream (like for normal readers I guess) and it totally removes that resistance to the flow of the words. Thank you.

@Blacksquareable 7 лет назад

That's really interesting. It certainly makes the font clearer and the idea of heavy strokes as a stabilizer is a great one. I think some of the close font kerning in for economic sake but spacing out the letters for general readability does help dyslexics.

@marbetu5394 5 лет назад

Amazing, what a wonderful man, what he has created is life changing for so many.

@JoshuaNBoles 5 лет назад

Amazing. Thank you for your contribution to our dyslexic civilization my friend. Can't wait to use this for everything!

@LauraMunoz-sh8qd 3 года назад

I'm so excited! My daughter is dyslexic and she hates to read and write. I love reading and so it hurts to see my daughter struggle. I can't wait to try this out with her. Thank you so much!

@gi3119 Год назад

Hello, teacher here. How was your experience?

@harperfee4551 8 лет назад

I use the dyslexic fount and it is a lot easier to read my friends look at it and can barely read it and I can read a lot faster with it, thank you

@raziabacchus3412 5 лет назад

what is the dyslexic fount

@olalekansaheedadejumo7026 5 лет назад

Harper Fee me too. Do you think of 3 things at the same time. I do have that a lot 24/7 and it hurts too.

@alayna1772 3 года назад

How do I download it on my phone?

@scapes5548 3 года назад

Yep

@cindybrewer2040 Год назад

I am amazed to find help and plan to share it with others as well as help the little girl I am tutoring! Maybe this is the key to unlock her brain concerning reading!!! Thank you!!!

@louisemc3680 6 лет назад

Thank you Christian Boer! That was excellent. I also like how you put your photo amongst the ones of famous people- and quite right too! Good luck with your dream

@trevorbronkema7332 2 года назад

I am dislexic are you, i spelled it wrong.

@Newyorkeden 4 года назад

Thanks man, I was happy to see and choose this font on my kindle and I think it enables me to read more with better retention!

@picklerick2930 3 года назад

This is sooo good, wouldn't even have thought that a font can really change reading experience by this much!

@delrey25 5 лет назад

The sentence at the beginning made so much easier to read😁 naturally ran through it like nothing! amazing

@clairehiggins7120 5 лет назад

So simple but so potentially life changing, I remember being at primary school and I had to keep stopping to think of the shape of the word bed for bd directions because bed makes a similar shape to a bed, or look at the clock for which way the number 9 went and try to remember if P for Pat went the same way or the opposite way as the number 9. Thank you.

@karen5670 Год назад

This should be the only font used in our kindergarten classrooms. Dyslexia affects many people in my family and other people who are literate do not understand the struggles and hardships people with dyslexia face. 🙏 thank you

@302sheila 2 года назад

I am turning 70....I only discovered I'm dyslexic 6 months ago! This is brilliant...so many years lost..but grateful I have tools now.. Thank you Christian!

@DaveVanZyl 5 лет назад

This is great and very promising for people struggling with dyslexia. The fact that this raises some awareness about the struggles that dyslexic people go through is fantastic. Remember: Lysdexics are teople poo!

@nelsontragura1441 5 лет назад

This blew my mind, reading at the last part, like my eyes split in half.

@andreajoywenburg7707 5 лет назад

This is fantastic! I’m just starting to research this topic and it’s awesome to find a great font. Thank you!

@harryband50 8 лет назад

This is amazing that some small changes to the font can make such a difference to readability - I write operating manuals and training programs. Have been aware of colour and colour blind difficulties. The font will have a big impact on this area of reading where instructions and interpretation are critical. Thank you for this great presentation.

@mikemcgovern9670 8 лет назад

Please read my post. This information in the talk is not true. Dyslexia is a neurological based condition and fonts will not address dyslexia.

@amoore4615 8 лет назад

Mike McGovern, I can't find your post. Was it removed? Do you have dyslexia? If so, does this font help you? why or why not? Yes, dyslexia is a neuro- based condition. And, the brain is not fixed/static. It is a dynamic organ that can adapt. It is true that a Font cannot "Fix" dyslexia; no more than "not eating sugar" can "fix" diabetes. But a font can provide an accommodation and support of readers by a modification of a typeface to make it more "weighted", and less likely for the brain to "flip" the letters. Which is what this font typeface does.

@mikemcgovern9670 8 лет назад

My post that I was referencing is listed up on top under "Top Comments". A font cannot and does not provide an accommodation nor support for dyslexics. The brain does not flip letters. That is a myth of dyslexia. Dyslexics have the same vision as non-dyslexics. The issue is their inability to effectively remember the shapes with the associated sounds based on current methods of improper teaching. Here is what post above states: There are so many people working to educate parents, administrators and educators about how to properly address dyslexia. To see this talk as a solution to reading is so wrong and so sad. If this was the year 1960 I would understand this idea being presented due to the lack of research and data that existed in 1960, but I cannot understand how this happens in 2015 given the mountain of evidence against dyslexia being a vision issue. Please read the joint statement from 1984 and reaffirmed in 2009 and again in 2014 in the link below from the following organizations: American Academy of Ophthalmology American Academy of Pediatrics American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus www.aao.org/clinical-statement/joint-statement-learning-disabilities-dyslexia-vis To highlight a couple points from the article: Although vision is fundamental for reading, the brain must interpret the incoming visual images. Historically, many theories have implicated defects in the visual system as a cause of dyslexia. We now know these theories to be untrue". Further..."Scientific evidence does not support the efficacy of eye exercises, behavioral vision therapy, or special tinted filters or lenses for improving the long-term educational performance in these complex pediatric neurocognitive conditions. Diagnostic and treatment approaches that lack scientific evidence of efficacy, including eye exercises, behavioral vision therapy, or special tinted filters or lenses, are not endorsed and should not be recommended." Further..."Scientific evidence does not support the efficacy of eye exercises, behavioral vision therapy, or special tinted filters or lenses for improving the long-term educational performance in these complex pediatric neurocognitive conditions. Diagnostic and treatment approaches that lack scientific evidence of efficacy, including eye exercises, behavioral vision therapy, or special tinted filters or lenses, are not endorsed. Dyslexia can only be properly addressed and remediated through proper instruction and not through fonts.

@gavinpeters5418 4 года назад

@@mikemcgovern9670 just opinions judgements... it obviously can help.

@DianaDiaz-rk7hi 5 лет назад

What a great solution. Thank you!!

@keithfechtman2122 6 лет назад

I started writing in all caps in high school because it was easier for me to read... I had no idea at the time it was because I was dyslexic

@eentry8056 7 лет назад

Heel erg bedankt, mijn man realiseert zich na 26 jaar moeite met lezen dat hij dyslexie heeft! Fijn voor onze zoon die we hiermee vroegtijdig kunnen helpen met zijn leesprobleem!

@steph49391 4 года назад

My teachers put me in special Ed and they told my parents that I was a slow learner, and I’d never get better. Listen y’all, if I’d known I had dyslexia that’d never happen because I’d find my confidence!

@daniellem3698 8 лет назад

im so glad i saw this video. Thank u so much. I'm going to download the font now.

@mikemcgovern9670 8 лет назад

+Danielle M Please read my post. Dyslexia is a neurological based condition and fonts will not address dyslexia.

@annarucz1 7 лет назад

Crying now …. As a mother of a beautiful little girl with dyslexia and adult women never fitting any frame your speech for a moment give me A glimpse that all my struggles and fighting the system are not hopeless, I just have to keep my magical shoes

@marbetu5394 5 лет назад

never give up, there is hope

@patrickschmid3294 Год назад

IN SCHOOL, I WAS ALWAYS ALLOWED TO TURN IN MY WORK USING ALL CAPITAL, PRINTED LETTERS. ALL THE WAY THROUGH COLLEGE THIS WAS ACCEPTED AND NOT QUESTIONED. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS TURN A WORK USING CURSIVE, OR USING PRINTED LOWERCASE LETTERS AND THEY REALIZED HOW MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT I SOUNDED IN CAPS. in that previous statement show me any letters that can be rotated to look like another. By accident I stumbled upon a way that let me manipulate language without that aspect of dyslexia getting in the way using the power of dyslexia to think outside the box.

@kokonutt1982 6 лет назад

Great info! Thank you!

@ajayreddy8732 2 года назад

This is just beautiful.

@antonia6059 2 года назад

I am dyslexic, and I have always had kinda quirky hand writing. Very similar to the speakers fonts here. I didn’t do this intentionally. Some people compliment my hand writing while others don’t like it so much. It’s interesting

@dannyp7424 5 лет назад

I didn't know I could change the font in the browser thanks.

@kathleenhultz921 7 лет назад

Thank you!

@CC-qj6gh 7 лет назад

this is amazing!

@marvah99 4 года назад

Thaannkk youuu!!!💕💕💕

@_lisacarberry_7762 7 лет назад

This is amazing !

@alexandeon 8 лет назад

Good job man.

@7thplanet121 Год назад

When I was a child my teacher while waking in front of my desk, she stopped and said to bring my parents in to see her. She showed my notebook to my parents, they said what was wrong with it. Her answer was. The book is upside down. In the late 60s there was a medicine I researched and it is now used with ADHD as well as the elderly dementia patients. Strangely enough over 50 years later I still remember the name of the medication and I can remember so far back into my childhood so clearly. Yet I have to really think about what I am typing or writing checking and double checking. I don’t have the mirror writing anymore.

@maznimustafa6016 5 лет назад

Thank you to you too.

@ciaralakhani7197 Год назад

Love this!

@collinator68 2 года назад

i always wondered why it was easier for me to read some fonts than others.

@onee 3 года назад

I don't get why this font gets so much hate from the science community. I'm not sure whether I'm dyslexic or not, but I suspect that I have mild dyslexia. And this font just helps so much with the readability of text. Yeah, I'm not "faster", but I don't have to keep rereading the same sentence. And get lost a lot less often.

@justice1606 2 года назад

I used to really avoid reading because how much brain effort and energy it required. This font has made reading so much more enjoyable and less laborious.

@MrJoshDoty 3 года назад

It’s good to have options. This doesn’t help me for just general reading just trying it out. But I wonder how it would work on signs, menus and after using it for a long time(months).

@smartboy20070 4 года назад

What does typeface mean ? And how to use it ? Also I need to know how to find and use the font type he came up with .

@youngaecowling1578 Год назад

Toe by toe manual book helped millions of people over the years.

@David-sq2en 4 года назад

where is the talk about the time traveling machine?

@armin6427 28 дней назад

I don't have dyslexia but I gotta admit it is a lot smoother and better to read.

@HeavyK. Год назад

Brilliant!

@jonathansaltzman5863 8 лет назад

As a typographer and a type designer and someone who uses type every day, I can see the reasoning behind his decisions to design the typeface that way. However, do people with dyslexia suffer the same issues with serif typefaces (typefaces with little feet at the bottom of the letters that help guide your eyes to the next letter, the next word)? In a strong serif face (particularly those designed in the hot-metal era before computers), the differences between an "i" and a "j" and an "l" are more pronounced than, for example, the sans-serif typeface you are currently reading.

@marbetu5394 5 лет назад

I'd like to hear the answer to this

@rachelslur8729 5 лет назад

Can someone with real dyslexia confirm this? For the sake of science.

@Zanroff 4 года назад

I read the opening sentence way easier than I think I was suppose to.

@Emma-kz3zr 4 года назад

Same, hardly an inconvenience, my own issues have always revolved around the negative space about letters and text, think of the matrix font. It no longer such an issue, unless someone uses the wrong font.

@trevorbronkema7332 2 года назад

MAN I THOUGHT I had a reading problem , but I just write. Turns out I have Dyslexia, so I welcome myself to this community, do not teach me things. Anyways , I believe there are two different types of severe dyslexia and milder symptoms. Anyways, my symptoms are basicly reading things or doing things as a whole, but backwards. But I can see through things , like situations, but I hate being around alot of people. Enough about me, this dyslexia thing actually helps once you accept it. I thought I was crazy or something.

@enmanniska5751 4 месяца назад

I don’t know why but my eye moves way too fast on this font. My brain doesn’t really have time to comprehend. Idk if I’m just not used to it but I will try to use it more and see what happens.

@aroundme2519 3 года назад

I am very bless i see this vedio i feel not homeless anymore i and i know i am not alome our department of education is not aware about this what is why the first person bully me outside the home is my teacher it has a bad impact of me is ther is some one can help me to bring back my confident i need you same as me to be strong and survive in this world

@jonathanjollimore4794 2 года назад

Fun one is taking words and scrabbling them. As long as the first and last letter of a word are right you can move all letter in middle in any order. If I know the word it still just as readable as unscrambled. Why do I find reading such a chore I will never know

@mani-ksb 5 лет назад

Yes it's a gift

@starrinight6114 4 года назад

I get mixed of with B and H and D when I read I keep skippping Lines and my mom used to yell at me and thought I was doing it on purpose

@cliffordhodge1449 9 месяцев назад

Question: Do they often make a point of teaching dyslexic kids cursive? That seems like it would be another way to defeat letter reversal or rotation.

@Skadooshbag 7 лет назад

Where can I get products for teaching to write? We have a 4 year old who is dyslexic and we are starting her letters.

@BMA_DuckIsLate 7 лет назад

just search for dyslexic font, and/or Christian Boer. and you will find it, its free to download, and you can set it as standard for your web browser or use it in word. finding out he is dyslexic in that early age should help him alot! maybe try to use bartons learning system and try dybuster too. Barton system is very expencive, but its worth a try, and dybuster is a very nice way to learn about spelling/reading for students whit dyslexia!

@mohanadmoumen7478 4 года назад

How to download these font

@Havnaz 3 года назад

Is this font available anywhere? We could use this in our learning designs.

@anonnymususer5830 6 лет назад

How do you get this font?

@rachelslur8729 5 лет назад

RU-vid/Android subtitles should make dyslexia font as default. Or at least allow *any font* to be inserted, aside from only choosing between 8 font families, RU-vid/Android currently restricts us to. And kill copyright, while you're at it. 😘 💋 ❤️

@allylewis100 7 лет назад

does anybody know if this font is now being used by any book publishers? Can the font be installed on computers?i showed this to my daughter who has problems with reading and she thinks the font is great.well done👏🏻

@jamesbrewster7617 7 лет назад

Alison, I am a publisher and just heard about this font. I will be shifting all our picture book stories about a Police Officer and an EMT to this font. You can see them a www.gladtodoit.net.

@duafarooq6312 7 лет назад

go to dyslexifont.com to download the font on your computer

@ICP1SBJ 4 года назад

kindle has "Open Dyslexic font" as a font for books

@smartboy20070 4 года назад

I was writing in a very normal way when I was young except that sometimes I would start the word with the 2nd letter of the 3rd sometimes but I never misspelled a word back then . The real problem started when teachers forced us the stop writing in cursive. I became confused, I would write some words and some not. Sometimes I would write a part a award in cursive and the rest is not . That was a big problem for long time until I got used to write in the new way they want but I almost have a doubt about the spilling of each words . Some times a very simple word like (teacher) I will have a doubt is it (teacher ) or ( teatcher) and get confused between ( tow ) and ( two ) Then problem got worse , I strat switching letters when reading as well and sometimes dropping letters as if they were not there . If you can help me by guiding me put some useful videos, websites,apps or software I will really appreciate it .

@israelvasquez6097 5 лет назад

I also have dyslexia I just came back from a great job interview but didn't pass the computer test it's very hard for me I really want this job so bad how can I overcome this.

@marissabronowski3789 3 года назад

You can ask for accommodations depending on what country you are in. You should be allowed to have extra time to complete the exam. There could be more

@williamtasi7143 2 года назад

I am going to try thus with my daughter, she is 6 years old. Has anyone seen an improvement with a simple change in fonts?

@sanjeen2503 3 года назад

Well, as a single font for a home user, it's priced too steep. 50 Euros!

@meditationlimits796 2 года назад

I am here because i wonder why my 8 years old boy are struggling with letters to read and still can't talk fully or sentence are rumbled or shortcut.

@maznimustafa6016 5 лет назад

At 6:51 i feel nausea, felt like my brain has been flip over

@yodaiam1000 2 года назад

Are there any studies that show this can be effective?

10 месяцев назад

Nope. There is at least one study (though small) that shows no actual benefit.

@jonathanjollimore7156 2 года назад

Wish people knew what it like look at wall of text for me like trying read whole damn thing at one time. Just not fun its tiring and makes it impossible to focus. I don't really read as much just look at work know what that work is there is no read just look I know the word

@annclark9145 7 лет назад

it does not work with samsung cellphones and tablets

@marbetu5394 5 лет назад

we need to pester samsung - I'll start today

@NewaNotreMaitre 4 года назад

This Fonts Is In My TOP Five Reactive Fonts! See My Video In French.

@sarahchattaway95 3 года назад

People always didn't like Comic Sans font (don't know why) but it's dyslexic friendly

@aroundme2519 3 года назад

I need help but i dont know who talk to my doctor cant do anything i am searching some one can help me i am so lost😭

@alpachinobarlatino2290 2 года назад

There is an awkward moment, not a awkward moment.

@REAL-rd4wy 7 лет назад

wow i can read more easy now

@user-db2fw4du3w 8 месяцев назад

homeusers cant download it for free anymore :/

@anzacFPV 7 лет назад

can you also do something with reading music? ive tried so many things but with only some success.

@theonewhomadeyoucry1059 2 года назад

i hate i and L as a letter and i hate this default font because of this ---> ( I , l )

@adianparkses2696 3 года назад

Does anyone else get 5 and 7 mixed up?

@donnaparks1919 3 года назад

I'm an artist the only thing that seems to work

@leehoonting4581 8 лет назад

BBRRrilliant .. we have so many font types, all it takes is to add this and the problem will be solved for dyslexics!

@mikemcgovern9670 8 лет назад

Please read my post. This information in the talk is not true. Dyslexia is a neurological based condition and fonts will not address dyslexia.

@UFOnerd1 7 лет назад

I'm with you on that for the most part. but they want to Umbrella every poor reader with dyslexia =/

@marbetu5394 5 лет назад

@@UFOnerd1 I think this font, while created by a dyslexic for dyslexics, will actually also help non-dyslexic poor readers too. 2 for the price of 1.

10 месяцев назад

@@marbetu5394 Narrator: And it turned out it helped only the people who sold that font.

@ade5324 2 года назад

comic sans for the win, LETS GOO

@lexyprice4753 4 года назад

I've tried the font. I didn't like it.

@WilliamEllison 4 года назад

It's not free. Just an FYI $59.95

@honieforbes4584 6 лет назад

Thank u guys my baby is dyslexic

@robertmoore8839 Год назад

FYI, research is showing these types of fonts do not work. Before spending money its best to do your research.

10 месяцев назад

People want to believe in woo and in miracle cures. So they will. I know it's frustrating, I've written comments like yours (and I will in the future :D), but that's the way this world turns.