--- title: Typeface for Dyslexic People Aims to Help With Reading description: Dyslexie by Dutch designer Christian Boer avoids the problems many other typefaces pose for dyslexic readers canonical: https://time.com/3577281/dyslexia-typeface/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-11T02:00:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:21:07.859Z article:section: Health og:title: This Typeface Could Help Dyslexic People Read More Easily og:description: Dyslexie better distinguishes between letters og:url: https://time.com/3577281/dyslexia-typeface/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Typeface Could Help Dyslexic People Read More Easily twitter:description: Dyslexie better distinguishes between letters twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Typeface Could Help Dyslexic People Read More Easily  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 11, 2014 2:00 AM UTC  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 11, 2014 2:00 AM UTC A typeface now on display at the Istanbul Design Biennial aims to [help people with dyslexia](http://www.dezeen.com/events/2014/istanbul-design-biennial-2014/) read more easily by better distinguishing between letters. “When they’re reading, people with dyslexia often unconsciously switch, rotate and mirror letters in their minds,” Christian Boer, the designer of the typeface Dyslexie, told _Dezeen_ magazine in an interview published Sunday. “Traditional typefaces make this worse because they base some letter designs on others, inadvertently creating ‘twin letters’ for people with dyslexia.” A typeface such as Helvetica, for example, uses an upside down “n” as a “u” and a backwards “d” as a “b.” But Boer, who is dyslexic himself, created bottom-heavy letters to keep readers’ brains from turning them. The spaces between letters are bigger, and punctuation marks and capitalized letters are also bolder to better distinguish the beginnings and ends of sentences. Boer designed the typeface for his thesis at Utrecht Art Academy in 2010\. He also shared it in a 2011 TED talk. Around 10 percent of the world is believed to be dyslexic, according to the organization Dyslexia Action. \[[_Dezeen_](http://www.dezeen.com/events/2014/istanbul-design-biennial-2014/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3577281/dyslexia-typeface/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3577281/dyslexia-typeface/"},"headline":"This Typeface Could Help Dyslexic People Read More Easily","datePublished":"2014-11-11T02:00:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:21:07.859Z","description":"Dyslexie by Dutch designer Christian Boer avoids the problems many other typefaces pose for dyslexic readers","url":"https://time.com/3577281/dyslexia-typeface/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3577281/dyslexia-typeface/","name":"This Typeface Could Help Dyslexic People Read More Easily"}}]}] ```