Atkinson Hyperlegible
Category | Sans-serif |
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Classification | Grotesque |
Designer(s) | Applied Design Works |
Foundry | Braille Institute |
Date created | 2019 |
Website | brailleinstitute |
Atkinson Hyperlegible is a freely available
History
The project began as part of a visual
Applied Design Works' creative director, Craig Dobie, put Elliott Scott in charge of designing the typeface.
In 2019, Atkinson Hyperlegible won
Design
Atkinson Hyperlegible contains four styles, each of 335 glyphs: regular, bold, italics, and italics bold. It supports diacritics in 27 languages.[4]
Elliott Scott of Applied Design Works and studio creative director Craig Dobie made the decision "to break a lot of rules that a lot of designers will care about",
Stare too long at its quirks, and Atkinson Hyperlegible almost feels like it has an identity crisis, as if a dozen fonts were smashed together to make one. But typed out on a page, it's been treated with careful kerning that the average eye just kind of accepts, as if it was any other typeface.
Other efforts to make letters distinct include exaggerating letters' shapes and angling their
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Wilson, Mark (19 September 2019). "This typeface hides a secret in plain sight. And that's the point". Innovation by Design. Fast Company. New York City. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Crook, Lizzie (11 September 2020). "Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface is designed for visually impaired readers". Dezeen. London. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Mangan, Tom (9 June 2022) [8 November 2019]. "New Typeface Boosts Legibility for Low Vision Readers". All About Vision. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ a b Budrick, Callie (14 October 2020). "The Hyperlegible Typeface Changing How We See Print". Design Inspiration. Print. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ Marsden, Rhodri (23 August 2021). "What's in a font? How typography can help us read better". The National. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Download the Atkinson Hyperlegible Font". Braille Institute of America. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Braille Institute's Atkinson Hyperlegible Typeface Now Available on Google Fonts" (Press release). Braille Institute of America. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Atkinson Hyperlegible". Google Fonts. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Shortlists". Dezeen Awards 2020. Dezeen. London. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Climate Change Stamps | Winner". Dezeen Awards 2020. Dezeen. London. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
External links
- Atkinson Hyperlegible at the Braille Institute of America website
- Summary document at the Braille Institute of America website
- Atkinson Hyperlegible at Google Fonts
- atkinson-hyperlegible on GitHub