Does a special font help children with dyslexia to read more fluently?

Does a special font help children with dyslexia to read more fluently?

Dr Holly Joseph
Associate Professor of Language Education and Literacy Development at the Institute of Education, University of Reading

5th April, 12-1pm – Missed it? Watch on Youtube

Ladybird Books featured special letterforms to aid comprehension and support learning. In recent years, a number of specialist fonts have been developed which claim to help people with dyslexia to read more easily and fluently. This talk will discuss what the research evidence says about the utility of such fonts. Are they worth investing in and do they help to support children with and without dyslexia?

Holly Joseph is an Associate Professor of Language Education and Literacy Development at the Institute of Education, University of Reading. Her research interests lie in reading development, in particular how children’s reading difficulties manifest themselves in their eye movements. Her work has encompassed reading behaviour in children with autism, dyslexia, comprehension difficulties, and those learning English as an additional language.

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This series of  MERL Seminars: ‘Looking at Ladybird Books’ is part of the events programme inspired by Ladybird Books: ‘How it Works’, a new exhibition hosted at Reading Museum as part of Museums Partnership Reading, a new cultural initiative funded by Arts Council England. The exhibition presents material from the extensive Ladybird Books Archive housed in the Special Collections at the University of Reading.

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