[games_access] Kickstarter game project will add Closed Captions and Dyslexic friendly font

[Javier Mairena]

hey, OpenDyslexic creator (Abbie Gonzalez) have just told me that he has
already fix some problems, like with b/d.
Perhaps he did it recently.

On 4 December 2012 17:50, Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Thank you very much for your comment. I already know FsMe and Dyslexie
> fonts, but we need more money that current goal to buy some of these fonts.
>
> Is a really good idea to have streach goals to use one of these expensive
> fonts. I like a lot Dyslexie, but business license is about 455€.
>
> Also, I hope OpenDyslexic creator fix the problems soon.
> I'll show you the first tests with a dyslexic font, and to anyone
> interested on it. As we said in campaign Update 4.
>
> Thanks!! :)
>
> On 4 December 2012 16:49, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd really strongly recommend against using OpenDyslexic until its
>> designer gets some of the dyslexia-unfriendly  typographical issues (such
>> as mirrored b/d) sorted out.
>>
>> He knows about the problems, but until he fixes them, there are far
>> better dyslexic-friendly fonts out there.
>>
>> You have to pay for the better fonts, but you could add that in as a
>> stretch goal.. ie. if you reach a certain level above your kickstarter
>> goal, use that to pay for a licence to use a better font.
>>
>> There are some games which already use dyslexia friendly fonts.
>> OpenDyslexic is used in this one:
>> http://jpsierens.wordpress.com/projects/. Sassoon Infant is sometimes
>> used in kids' games, in the UK at least. Having said that though games that
>> use dyslexia-friendly fonts are very rare, so it'll still be really
>> innovative.
>>
>> Offering a choice of different text colours would be another really easy
>> way to innovate for dyslexic gamers, simulating Irlen overlays. I have the
>> hex values of the the two most successful colours used in them, if that
>> would help.
>>
>> I've backed and given a mention on twitter.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> >
>> > Message: 2
>> > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 22:24:15 +0100
>> > From: Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: [games_access] Kickstarter game project will add Closed
>> > Captions and Dyslexic friendly font
>> > To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
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>> >
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > We plan to use OpenDyslexic font on a video game for wich we have
>> launched
>> > a Kickstarter campaign.
>> >
>> > We talk about accessibility on this campaign update:
>> >
>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1042570429/the-last-door-episodic-horror-adventure/posts/361540
>> >
>> > As discussed earlier in this mailing list, we wondered if this would be
>> the
>> > first video game to use a dyslexic friendly font.
>> > Do you know any other game that has used some dyslexic font before?
>> >
>> > Also, we would greatly appreciate if you spread about our project,
>> surely
>> > many people that you know would be interested in what we are going to
>> do;
>> > and we can only do that if Kickstarter campaign reach its goal.
>> >
>> > Thanks!!
>> >
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