The Braille Institute created a font designed to make reading easier for people with low vision called Atkinson Hyperlegible in 2019. It just released an update (Atkinson Hyperlegible Next) and monospace version with enhanced characters, 7 weights, and variable weight. They’re free for […] - ThreadSky

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Jeremiah.alpaca.gold.ap.brid.gy • 12 days ago

The Braille Institute created a font designed to make reading easier for people with low vision called Atkinson Hyperlegible in 2019.

It just released an update (Atkinson Hyperlegible Next) and monospace version with enhanced characters, 7 weights, and variable weight.

They’re free for […]

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dzamie.yiff.life.ap.brid.gy•10 days ago

@Jeremiah Oh neat! I do find the end bit about "we put a circle in Å and 9 because braille is circles :)" thing a little silly, but the other features seem very cool.
Also, I'm starting to suspect I'll never stop reading "a11y" as "ally" rather than "accessibility." Cutting close to your […]

Edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@Jeremiah yes! Now I need to see if they made the changes I suggested 😄

Jeremiah.alpaca.gold.ap.brid.gy•10 days ago

I made a Google Doc template that uses Atkinson Hyperlegible with typography tweaks.

I think it is both more accessible and aesthetically pleasing than the default.

You can set it as your default style and then apply it to new and existing Google Docs documents.

Google has not yet added […]

Jeremiah.alpaca.gold.ap.brid.gy•11 days ago

Several people are complaining to me about the Braille Institute requiring an email address to download.

An email address seems to me like a reasonable exchange of value for something good, useful, and otherwise free.

I have spent thousands of dollars licensing fonts for myself and clients […]

ChristianKrebel.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy•12 days ago

@Jeremiah time to update my homepage (and every where else)👌🏻

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