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Article published In: Information Design Journal
Vol. 21:1 (2014) ► pp.34–50

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Letter and symbol misrecognition in highly legible typefaces for general, children, dyslexic, visually impaired and ageing readers

Published online: 22 May 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.21.1.05boh
This paper identifies easily misrecognised letters and symbols in highly legible typefaces for general, children, dyslexic, visually impaired and ageing users. It can also be considered as a review of related research in this area.
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