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Inclusive Sans

Inclusive Sans is a text font designed for accessibility and
readability. It is inspired by the friendly personality of
contemporary neo-grotesques while incorporating key features to make
it highly legible in all uses. The Regular and Italic styles are
currently available for use on Google Fonts.

Background:
The conversation and guidelines around accessibility in typography
has largely centred on type sizes and colour contrasts 1. However
research 2 has shown that accessibility in type is crucial at a
character level, where key features can enhance the readability of
text for those who are hard of seeing or are neurodiverse.

After reading Sophie Beier's book Reading Letters: Designing for
Legibility 3, working with clients across in disability
non-for-profits and large government organisations, as well as
conversations with fellow designer Johanna Roca, I was inspired to
create a typeface that was truly legible at a character level. While
some typefaces had been created in the same spirit 4, I wanted to
create a font that was more contemporary and usable as a text
typeface for all types of use.

To meet the criteria as outlined in Beier's work as well as Gareth
Ford William's Guide 5, Inclusive Sans incorporates the following key
features:

 1. Clear distinction between I, l and 1

 2. Non-mirroring of letters d, b, q and p

 3. Distinction between O and 0

 4. Wider, more open counter forms on c, o, a and e

 5. A higher x-height for easier readability at small sizes

 6. Wider default letter-spacing

 7. Clear difference between capital height and ascender height

In early 2021 I started work on the Regular weight of Inclusive Sans
while participating in a 10 week type design course run by Troy
Leinster, and by August that year had completed the majority of the
full Latin set. Living and working on Gadigal Country (Sydney,
Australia) I felt it was important to include support for Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander languages. She added an additional 48
glyphs with the help of Vincent Chan (in consultation with Sasha
Wilmouth from the University of Melbourne).

Additional weights and styles are currently in development.

 
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I acknowledge the Gadigal and Darug people on whose lands I live and
work. This was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.