Goals for this week
- Reach out to outside advisors (reach goal)
- Important minimal character set to glyphs.
- ATLAS mentor check in
- Won’t you be my mentor?
As far as outside mentors go, there are few that seem to be readily accessible. Christian Boer, designer of dyslexie, seemed like a good choice, as he has worked in this design space and published a successful dyslexic facing font. However, his contact info does not seem to be available anywhere – even the dyslexie page does not contain a contact section. My next thought was to approach the designers of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a low-vision facing typeface. This typeface was published by the Braille institute, but has not been publicly attributed to any specific designers so far. I sent the Braille institute an email inquiring about whether the designers would be willing to meet, and have yet to hear back from them.
2. Minimal Character Set
I have completed the minimal character set, and imported them into glyphs. Examples of these characters transitioning from regular to dyslexic adaptation are shown below.
3. Mentor Check In
This week I talked to my mentor Danny about my project, and he shared his perceptions of my project progress so far. These are detailed in another blog post, so I’ll just summarize here. His recommendations were to prioritize user testing and documentation, and begin thinking about the final presentation now.
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