[HN Gopher] Atkinson Hyperlegible Font
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Atkinson Hyperlegible Font
Author : fanf2
Score : 106 points
Date : 2024-09-15 20:42 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.brailleinstitute.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.brailleinstitute.org)
| rcarmo wrote:
| Not bad. Can't see if they have a fixed width version though.
| jdknezek wrote:
| I made a custom build[1] of Iosevka[2] that chooses glyph
| variants based on Atkison Hyperlegible. I like it a lot and
| over time prefer it to the other Iosevka stylistic sets.
|
| [1]:
| https://github.com/jdknezek/Iosevka/blob/jdk/scripts/hyperse...
|
| [2]: https://typeof.net/Iosevka
| lambdaba wrote:
| Sounds very cool, could you upload a screenshot of it in
| action?
| jdknezek wrote:
| Here is a screenshot of some sample text in VS Code on
| Windows: https://imgur.com/7BZS3Pp
|
| And here's an action shot: https://imgur.com/sudNqWM
| lambdaba wrote:
| looks great, thanks!
| m463 wrote:
| > Please enter your email address to begin downloading.
| zamadatix wrote:
| What's funny is on the same page they say it's on Google Fonts
| and you don't need enter an email (or have an account) to grab
| it from there
| https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Atkinson+Hyperlegible
| theandrewbailey wrote:
| And from Google Fonts, it's licensed under the Open Font
| License, not a unique one.
| vntok wrote:
| This sentence is indeed written on the linked page. What
| exactly is it that you want to express?
| t-3 wrote:
| It's available as a package on all the linux and BSD distros
| I'm running.
| Heliodex wrote:
| Pretty awesome font, I've found it pairs really well with other
| readable fonts like Lexend too.
| sb057 wrote:
| While the characters are certainly distinctive, I find paragraphs
| to actually be less legible than, say, Times New Roman.
| alberth wrote:
| > It improves legibility and readability
|
| Agreed.
|
| It seems to improve legibility. I'm not so sure it improve
| readability.
|
| Readability is largely influenced by the x-height (height of
| lowercase letter), because your brain is trying to discern the
| "shape" of a word - which allows you to read faster. Hence why
| ALL CAPS is difficult to read because the word shape is the
| same.
|
| Atkinson appears to have a high x-height, which reduces
| readability.
| prewett wrote:
| I think SIL's Andika font [1] is designed with similar goals,
| although I think informed more by teaching reading. I didn't
| see any large samples, but the font seems a little subtler.
| Presumably, given the name, the Braille Institute's readers are
| more visually impaired than SIL's, so for those us with less
| impairment, maybe SIL's would be more readable?
|
| OpenDyslexic [2] is another interesting font. I've heard that
| asymmetry helps dyslexic readers, and (given a cursory glance)
| they seem to have done a good job having asymmetry and style.
| I've also heard that SIL's font is helpful for dyslexics, but
| that was a while back and now they have multiple font styles,
| so I'm not sure if the one above is the one or not.
|
| I didn't realize this until I worked on some software for
| dyslexic readers, but the normal computer font makes bdpq look
| pretty much identical except for rotation. It has a minimalist
| elegance, but for new/foreign readers, it's pretty subtle. I
| remember learning Chinese and had to spend quite some time with
| two characters, which differed only with one have a dot and one
| a short vertical line at top (a dot looks pretty similar to a
| vertical line at a cursory glance, as it is more inverted
| teardrop shape than a circle). After that the western alphabet
| looked a lot more uniform than I'd originally thought.
|
| [1] https://software.sil.org/andika/andika-and-the-visually-
| impa...
|
| [2] https://opendyslexic.org/
| jazzyjackson wrote:
| See also the font designed for responsibility in Airbus cockpits
|
| https://b612-font.com/
| quesera wrote:
| The header image on that site seems to show two font variants
| (slashed-zero and non-slashed) in a single display. This
| puzzles me!
| aftbit wrote:
| I see the slashed zero on the right, but I cannot find a way
| to get that out of the Google font display. Perhaps the
| slashed zero is actually a different font?
| spidermonkey23 wrote:
| It's a good one to add as a custom font on Kindle/ebook devices
| RadiozRadioz wrote:
| I did find it easy to read. But the font size on this website is
| also larger than average (at least on my mobile phone), so that
| is a variable that would have to be controlled first.
| jsheard wrote:
| It's on Google Fonts so you can use their type tester:
|
| https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Atkinson+Hyperlegible/test...
| amirmasoudabdol wrote:
| Is there a monospaced version, or an inspired monospaced version
| based on this available?
| knowitnone wrote:
| Hack font is pretty good and doesn't collect your email
| https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack
| dang wrote:
| Related. Others?
|
| _Atkinson Hyperlegible Font_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32799872 - Sept 2022 (234
| comments)
|
| _Atkinson Hyperlegible - a font by the Braille Institute
| designed for legibility_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28010540 - July 2021 (1
| comment)
|
| _Atkinson Hyperlegible Font_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26011945 - Feb 2021 (86
| comments)
|
| _Atkinson Hyperlegible Font_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25154417 - Nov 2020 (10
| comments)
|
| _Atkinson Hyperlegible Font_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24853550 - Oct 2020 (3
| comments)
| jay_kyburz wrote:
| You know, this feature could be a little side bar on the top
| right, or just as a header for every post. (I assume its semi
| automated, but I would be happy to see it all the time)
| omoikane wrote:
| Atkinson Hyperlegible appears to slash their zeroes in the same
| direction as backslash, unlike all other fonts I have used where
| the slash in slashed zeroes have the same direction as a forward
| slash. Not sure if this was a deliberate design choice.
|
| https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Atkinson+Hyperlegible?prev...
|
| https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inconsolata?preview.text=0...
| commodoreboxer wrote:
| Thanks for pointing this out. It looked weird to me, but I
| couldn't quite put my finger on why.
| zinekeller wrote:
| Probably since that it's intended for legibilty, it's to
| differentiate 0 from O.
| DiscourseFan wrote:
| I understand if this is supposed to be better for dyslexics, but
| the fact that the distinctions of the letters are so heavily
| emphasized makes it harder to read, since I generally read entire
| words at a time, not letters, and the individual letters are less
| important than how they look together in a word or a sentence.
| SSLy wrote:
| consider https://www.oliviaking.com/inclusive-sans
| marginalia_nu wrote:
| Personally I find Comic Sans easiest to read, as dyslexic. I
| even use a monospace version of the font for coding and in the
| terminal.
| burningChrome wrote:
| I like this idea, but for most companies, they've already decided
| on their fonts and many corporations already have strict
| guidelines on what fonts to use and many are either variants of
| popular fonts, or changed in some way that aligns with their
| branding.
|
| I still think its a good step forward.
| hinkley wrote:
| My go-to is Verdana based on previous empirical tests. It's
| bigger at the same pt size compared to other fonts, but if you
| size it down about 1/12th it is just as legible but at a higher
| characters per inch, which is good for trying to squeeze text
| into an interface, especially when that interface may be viewed
| by a group on a projector or screen share.
|
| I just tried to half-ass a similar test by editing the Google
| Font explorer UI to put them next to each other. Atkinson beats
| out Verdana for width, by about 4% (eyeballed and envelope math),
| however it's also 1 pixel taller per line at that size. So it's a
| more rectangular font. I'd have to think about how I'd want to
| use it, if I care more about lines per page or characters per
| column.
| ghssds wrote:
| Is there any peer-reviewed studies about this or are those claims
| unsubstantiated?
| barbegal wrote:
| No studies at all, all the claims are anecdotal at best.
| aftbit wrote:
| I found it amusing that the end user license agreement is
| available only as a PDF on Box. That's not exactly the most
| accessible format but I got it downloaded. It appears to be a
| relatively straightforward license, prohibiting commercial resale
| of the font and its derivatives, but allowing it to be bundled
| with commercially sold software.
|
| https://braileinstitute.app.box.com/s/rin3vzegmcy7sil28yfqsl...
| hlieberman wrote:
| It's actually just the SIL font license, which is what
| basically every open source font uses. They just removed the
| preamble of it for some reason.
| nemetroid wrote:
| That's one ugly A, without any separation. The font looks nice in
| general though.
| 4ad wrote:
| I appreciate the concept but damn it is ugly.
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