dyslexics

More customization options for dyslexics: For example, Beeline allows users to chose a specific type of font that is specifically geared towards dyslexics.

Unreadable fonts are preferred for dyslexic readers, because the uncomfortableness of the font inhibits scanning (error-prone for dyslexics) and promotes reading-letter-by-letter.

Surely you're aware of feral children, and more 'normal' dyslexics; what's the deal with those?

Among the widely available fonts, Comic Sans is apparently the easiest for dyslexics to read.

Is there anything that suggests letter count is a barrier to dyslexics, and not, say, word count or number of obscure abbreviations?

I've read through that study before when I was reading about fonts for dyslexics a long time ago.

I wasn't aware dyslexics magically got to avoid ever having to debug weird issues in legacy code bases?

Many dyslexics find reading with Spritz far more comfortable than reading printed text.

I also use Beeline -a different type of reading tool with some additional functionality for dyslexics- when reading web pages.

You could say that it's frustrating for people with dyslexia that other students use spell-check, since dyslexics need it just to be on par.

Exactly, but dyslexics can still read, because they can learn how to.

I wonder how far the typeface optimization approach can go towards helping dyslexics?

Do I think dyslexics might "think differently," maybe?

I run a similar experiment on my own blog[4], where I set a font tailored for dyslexics as the primary font (with hooks to change contrast and to set AlphaSymbolic in the "sticky footer"): I receive similarly negative responses.