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by Etheryte 822 days ago
Any font that's designed for accessibility should always run an actual study to measure whether they managed to hit their mark or not. There's countless fonts out there designed to ameliorate dyslexia and other similar conditions that are in practice actually worse than a regular font, despite best intentions. This is something you can measure, you don't have to guess.
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> Any font that's designed for accessibility should always run an actual study to measure whether they actually hit their mark or not.

https://www.lexend.com/

Why does it want my e-mail? It doesn't seem very inclusive to require a signup just to download a font.

Also no information on the licence that I could see.

It’s available on google fonts.
Thanks, I just saw the link further down this thread.

Weird it's not on their website, but it seems to be just a case of poor communication rather than anything nefarious.

It is not a good sign that the first thing on that site is an eye-searing white-on-red banner.