Thanks, this is a good idea to consider! I created an issue in the 'styles' repository that is the template for the lessons, so we can make sure to explore the issue further and potentially integrate it into the template.
https://github.com/swcarpentry/styles/issues/134 Best, -Tracy On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Sarah Mount <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Moore, Nathan T <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I was embarrassed to read this morning that Comic Sans is actually a > > preferred font for people with dyslexia. > > > > > > https://theestablishment.co/hating-comic-sans-is-ableist- > bc4a4de87093#.hfd8ctajb > > > > (1) Have you heard of this research result? Is it reliable? > > > > This has been a popular idea for a long time, I did a teaching > qualification in 2002 and it was mentioned then. Like many things I > was taught about teaching, the research is *not* that reliable. > Apparently Comic Sans tended to be favoured because is was sans serif, > and therefore less fiddly and confusing to look at, not because it had > any magical qualities of its own. > > This paper looks like a reasonable study: > http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/sites/default/files/good_ > fonts_for_dyslexia_study.pdf > > > (2) Is a font like http://opendyslexic.org/ a good idea to have as a > > rendering option for the carpentry materials/tutorials? Is Jekyll > capable > > of multiple fonts in response to a button click, toggle, etc? > > > > This I don't know, but it sounds like a sensible thing to look at. > > Sarah > > -- > Dr. Sarah Mount, Research Associate, King's College London: > http://soft-dev.org/ > Fellow of the Software Sustainability Institute: http://software.ac.uk/ > twitter: @snim2 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
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