Readability Changes Impact Reading Performance Readability Matters advocates for the provision of a full set of Readability Features (including font choice, size, character spacing, character expansion, and line spacing.) Previous Readability Matters research has demonstrated significant numbers of readers benefit from the simple change to a clean round font, such as AvantGarde. Font matters…
95% of Students Read Better with Personalized Text Formats Much more than a simple design choice, Typography directly impacts how well individuals read. Research demonstrates that adjusting text size, shape, and spacing can enhance reading performance for struggling and dyslexic readers. However, the anecdotal evidence suggested a much broader impact. (See Henry’s Story and…
Implementing Personalized Reading Readability Features required to tune text are a critical offering. However, they are only a piece of a much larger ecosystem required to support individual reading formats. Readability Matters envisions a multi-step path toward enabling personalized reading formats for all readers. First, Optimize Readability for the Individual Readability Matters challenges tech…