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Quirk2011
Scratcher
67 posts

Dyslexic Font

A dyslexic font would allow more Scratchers to use Scratch. I am not dyslexic, but I know a lot about dyslexia. This feature would be included in settings and the paint editor. This feature may be available only for select languages, but it would still help many Scratchers and expand our community.
Here's an image found by @fdreerf :

Last edited by Quirk2011 (June 8, 2020 13:32:19)

garnetluvcookie
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

Can you show a picture of the dyslexic font so people who don't know about it can get an idea of what it looks like?

Last edited by garnetluvcookie (June 6, 2020 13:36:48)

PrincessFlowerTV
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

Personally, I am mildly dyslexic, and I think this would be a great new feature for the website. Especially for school, we want kids(and teens and adults, of course) to be able to experience Scratch the in the best way.

If you look up “Dyslexic font” on google, you can find some examples. I looked at them, and I think they'd be a good alternative for really anyone who has trouble reading.
garnetluvcookie
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

PrincessFlowerTV wrote:

Personally, I am mildly dyslexic, and I think this would be a great new feature for the website. Especially for school, we want kids(and teens and adults, of course) to be able to experience Scratch the in the best way.

If you look up “Dyslexic font” on google, you can find some examples. I looked at them, and I think they'd be a good alternative for really anyone who has trouble reading.
Sadly, my parents don't let me search even with SafeSearch on.
fdreerf
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font


This is what a dyslexic font looks like.
garnetluvcookie
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

fdreerf wrote:

-snip-
This is what a dyslexic font looks like.
Ok. OP, you should probably put the in the OP.
Quirk2011
Scratcher
67 posts

Dyslexic Font

bump
Delqhi
New Scratcher
3 posts

Dyslexic Font

Support.

I am Dyslexic, And I struggled slightly with reading. If I had this it would have helped me a lot, And I could have been better with reading. If we were to have this feature, It could help people with Dyslexia.
ElsieBreeze
Scratcher
100+ posts

Dyslexic Font

I do not have Dyslexia and I find that font much easier to read. It'd be nice if it could be set site wide, too. Which wouldn't be too hard to do since Scratch uses a weird mix of both client side and server side rendering.
ResExsention
New Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

So said font adds a bit more boldness to the bottom half of characters?

Oh well, support. Good for accessibility. Add other font options, too!
MrFluffyPenguins
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

garnetluvcookie wrote:

Sadly, my parents don't let me search even with SafeSearch on.
woah what

I support, it would be good for people with Dyslexia.
Maximouse
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

Support. Scratch's design principles include

Many math and science activities have traditionally been biased towards specific populations. By paying special attention to creating accessible and appealing technologies, we are working to close the gap.
Quirk2011
Scratcher
67 posts

Dyslexic Font

Maximouse wrote:

Support. Scratch's design principles include

Many math and science activities have traditionally been biased towards specific populations. By paying special attention to creating accessible and appealing technologies, we are working to close the gap.
Where did you find that quote?
Maximouse
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

Quirk2011 wrote:

Maximouse wrote:

Support. Scratch's design principles include

Many math and science activities have traditionally been biased towards specific populations. By paying special attention to creating accessible and appealing technologies, we are working to close the gap.
Where did you find that quote?
Here (scroll down to Design Principles).
Quirk2011
Scratcher
67 posts

Dyslexic Font

bump

Last edited by Quirk2011 (June 8, 2020 13:33:28)

Priff
Scratcher
66 posts

Dyslexic Font

I support, but it would be kind of disturbing to be like that all of the time. If there was a button to change the font, I would be perfectly fine with that.
I support !
that_generic_guy
Scratcher
59 posts

Dyslexic Font

Priff wrote:

I support, but it would be kind of disturbing to be like that all of the time. If there was a button to change the font, I would be perfectly fine with that.
I support !
I think the poster meant that this font isn't on by default, but you can turn on the font in the settings. (or something like that anyway)

Also, Semi-support, as how often do people even look in the settings? I myself am not dyslexic so I don't if this will or won't help, but it seems this would be helpful to some people.
Quirk2011
Scratcher
67 posts

Dyslexic Font

Bump༼ つ ◕‿◕ ༽つ
WAFFLEWIZARD999
Scratcher
20 posts

Dyslexic Font

Support. Just why not? No-one's going to complain.
zedthehedgehog
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Dyslexic Font

Support.

I don't have dyslexia, but I do know people who do, and this would help them a bunch.

Also, it does look like a pretty cool font as well

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