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Re:Beyond Functional Programming: The Verse Programming Lang... by d_tr on Sunday December 11, 2022 @05:11PM (#33948132)
Fun fact: Comic Sans is supposed to be easier to read for dyslexic people.
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Re:Beyond Functional Programming: The Verse Programming Lang... by jasonhansel on Sunday December 11, 2022 @05:48PM (#33948445)
IIRC fonts specifically made for dyslexic people (e.g. OpenDyslexic) tend to be even better in that regard; if the goal is accessibility, one of those would be a better choice.
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Re:Beyond Functional Programming: The Verse Programming Lang... by qroolen on Sunday December 11, 2022 @08:07PM (#33949595)
sad fact: dyslexic fonts are pretty useless for dyslexic

[0]: https://www.edutopia.org/article/do-dyslexia-fonts-actually-...

a good phrase on this link: "... dyslexia is a language-based processing difference, not a vision problem, despite the popular and enduring misconceptions."

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