New typeface simulates reading with dyslexia

By Wyatt Massey, Special to CNN

Updated 2050 GMT (0450 HKT) June 17, 2015

Daniel Britton's typeface removes lines from normal lettering to simulate the difficulty dyslexic people have while reading.
Photos: Typeface simulates reading with dyslexia
Daniel Britton's typeface removes lines from normal lettering to simulate the difficulty dyslexic people have while reading.
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Britton used his background in graphic design and experience with the learning disorder to design the typeface.
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Britton used his background in graphic design and experience with the learning disorder to design the typeface.
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As readers are forced to slow down to read, they experience similar frustrations and related emotions as those with dyslexia.
Photos: Typeface simulates reading with dyslexia
As readers are forced to slow down to read, they experience similar frustrations and related emotions as those with dyslexia.
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Britton hopes to create educational packs to be sent to schools to increase empathy for dyslexic students.
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Britton hopes to create educational packs to be sent to schools to increase empathy for dyslexic students.
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The typeface was initially featured in designboom magazine, where it received creative praise.
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The typeface was initially featured in designboom magazine, where it received creative praise.
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Story highlights

  • New typeface makes readers slow down and simulates the difficulty dyslexic people have reading
  • Daniel Britton uses his personal experience with dyslexia to advocate for more empathy

(CNN)Not until he was a 22-year-old university student did Daniel Britton finish reading a book.

He is not lazy or a slow learner, as prior teachers had believed. He is dyslexic.
The labels placed on Britton as a child are not uncommon. Language-based learning disabilities affect 1 in 5 students, and dyslexia is the most prevalent. Yet the