Month: April 2024

[Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series examining the development of a font touted to help struggling readers.] Last week we looked at data from Australian researchers that suggested their Sans Forgetica font, with its disrupted letterforms, could aid readers with initial comprehension and later recall of information. The original team’s study … Continue reading “Sans Forgetica: Debunking Claim of Font Effectiveness in Reading for Comprehension and Recall”

[Editor’s note: This is part one of a three-part series examining the development of a font touted to help struggling readers.] Australian researchers, if the data are to be believed, have come up with a way to help people who struggle to understand what they read when they read it and to recall it later. … Continue reading “Sans Forgetica: Does New Font Boost Reading Comprehension?”