On Teachers and Type

Yesterday Dave Shuster (EL's founder) and I went to Baltimore County to do hands on user training with our new site and Gizmos in general. As a former teacher myself, I tell you it's always invigorating to reconnect with those of you in the profession and hear your enthusiasm and success stories. (And I'd be lying if I said I don't really miss being in the classroom from time to time. There is a certain magic to the relationship between teacher and student that you just don't find elsewhere.)

In other news, have you heard about the new font, Read Regular, designed specifically to help people who suffer from dyslexia? According to Wired News,

Unlike traditional typefaces, which reuse the same forms for multiple letters -- such as b and d, or p and q -- the Read Regular typeface makes each letter significantly unique so that dyslexics can more easily distinguish one character from another. Additionally, Read Regular features simplified forms and extended openings in letters like c and e.

That's great news. And if you have any interest at all in typography and its history, I highly recommend Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style. After reading it, you'll never look at a printed page (or words on a screen) the same way again.