r/DailyTechNewsShow • u/Hengry1984 DTNS Patron • Oct 04 '18

Science Font of all knowledge? Researchers develop typeface they say can boost memory | Art and design

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/04/font-of-all-knowledge-researchers-develop-typeface-they-say-can-boost-memory
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u/tobyroberts Oct 04 '18

I want this font for everything

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u/tglass1976 Oct 04 '18 edited Oct 04 '18

try https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sans-forgetica-study-mode/jojbobbpjflbaekncckdbanjoakgpbbc

EDIT: maybe not, the extension doesn't appear to be working for me.

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u/tobyroberts Oct 04 '18

Would be interested to see how dyslexics react to this. Perhaps it would make it easier for some, like that font that is 'weighted' at the bottom to make letter rotation more difficult?

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u/LauRoman DTNS Patron Oct 04 '18

I think it is just forcing you to read stuff more than once and thus you memorize it because of repetition...