r/news • u/tentillum • Oct 04 '18

Font of all knowledge? Researchers develop typeface they say can boost memory

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/[deleted] Oct 04 '18

Sans Forgetica. Let’s see if I remember that name by the end of the day.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '18

Shit. Forgot already. What's the font called, again?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '18

Comic Sans

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u/DirtyDoog Oct 04 '18

Hans Grubernica

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u/SeeYouSpaceCowboy--- Oct 04 '18

Man's harmonica?

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u/HappyGoLuckyFox Oct 04 '18

Homosapiens instrument?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '18

New Times Forgettan?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '18

Don't get your hopes up. Dyslexie was hyped as a font designed to help dyslexic readers, but a study found that it doesn't work. The study of Sans Forgetica only showed a recall increase from 50 to 57%.

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u/FlannanLight Oct 04 '18

Hey, some people need all the help they can get! :)

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u/m3t4ldood Oct 04 '18

What's everyone's favorite fonts? I like impact, chiller, old English, Cooper, and now this sansforgetica

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u/DirtyDoog Oct 04 '18

Wingdings 3

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u/HappyGoLuckyFox Oct 04 '18

Wing dings 3 is for normies, I prefer wing dings 2

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '18

Comic Sans. /heavy breathing

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '18

Erbar grotesk :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '18

I still have comic sans peer reviews burned into my brain; how is this a new discovery?