<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">In case you can’t see the font in your email, I took a picture of the post, so you can see how I posted it originally. Patty responded and said she couldn’t see any difference in the fonts. Hope this helps anyone who didn’t see the difference.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="0197BF3D-2020-4C90-AA03-32BC29FBCAB5" height="480" width="623" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:84BA5045-EB69-49A9-9A8E-CBCB5E882510" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 4, 2016, at 1:19 PM, SIMTRAINER-L <<a href="mailto:simtrainer-l@lists.ku.edu" class="">simtrainer-l@lists.ku.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class="">Interesting. Various approaches work for various individuals. Since the font is free, it could be worth trying as long as the person with dyslexia understands that it may not work for them and other approaches can be tried. Here is an interesting article
from Guinevere Eden of Georgetown University Medical Center. <a href="https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/is-there-a-certain-font-that-works-best-for-kids-with-dyslexia" class="">https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/is-there-a-certain-font-that-works-best-for-kids-with-dyslexia</a></div>
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<div class="">BTW, I don’t think the font was different in my email, and I had it set for HTML.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Date: </span>Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 11:00 AM<br class="">
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<span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Subject: </span>[Simtrainer-l] Lexie or Dyslexie fonts<br class="">
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Hello SIM PDers …
<div class="">I am doing some informal coaching with an educational therapist. I had a call yesterday with him, and he shared a very interesting experience. He does strategic tutoring with generally fairly high performing students with disabilities, or high
performing parents who have students with disabilities. LOL Anyway, he was working with a young man (10th grade) this fall, who excels in math and science but was “diagnosed” dyslexic. He shared that this student is very motivated to learn to read better.
My colleague with whom I am coaching had heard about a font for students with dyslexia called dyslexie. He bought it, and tried it with the young man. The 10th grade student looked at his tutor, and said “Oh, my gosh, I understand this sentence!” It was
alike a lightbulb turned on in his head by just reading something with this particular font.</div>
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<div class="">As wel talked, I thought that probably he should explore this some more. Comprehension could arise for a variety of reasons, but I wondered if anyone else had used or heard about the applications of a particular font.</div>
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<div class="">As I have explored on the internet, I’ve found that a font called lexie can be downloaded for free. The font has wider spaces and looks more like printing. </div>
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<div class=""><font face="Lexie Readable" class="">In fact, I downloaded it and added it to my font file. This is lexie font that I downloaded for free. </font></div>
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<div class=""><font face="Dyslexie" class="">You can also download dyslexie for free or buy a package that you can install and use with e-readers, websites, etc. You can see it is similar, but quite a bit larger. The small q looks like this: q, and the capital
q looks like this: Q. This is the font that my colleague is using. You can check it out here:</font></div>
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<div class="">Anyway, I was wondering what your thoughts are on this or if anyone has experiences or insights they would like to share.</div>
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<div class="">Jean Schumaker - Very curious how this might impact writing and if it is actually legitimate. Anyone know how dyslexia is actually diagnosed?? In several states there are separate categories for dyslexics. In my work in Texas, there is a separate
certifications and guidelines that are different from special ed. Just looking to learn and expand my knowledge in this area.</div>
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<div class="">I know this is long, and I thank everyone who hung with me. :-) or in dyslexie: <font face="Dyslexie" class="">:-)</font></div>
<div class="">Thanks everyone…</div>
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