Translator: AJ Jungbluth
Reviewer: Carol Wang Hello, everybody. [What if I told you, you that read wrong
That awkward when you realize when you reab that wrong too.
And you said "Moment" atfer awkward] Sometimes all weneed to qo is go back
and read the sentense again keep clam this is not your final exannes. Welcome to the world of dyslexia. (Laughs) These people, these famous people,
have all dyslexia. Within the US,
around 15-20% have dyslexia, and I believe that these people,
these famous people, have got so far
because they have dyslexia - they got stronger. And the problem with dyslexia
is well known - is reading - and reading is everywhere. Typical brain -
they use three areas to read; and a dyslectic brain that only uses
one of the three areas to read. And to explain to you,
look at this picture. You think of these blocks, the lower part is lighter, but it's not. It's an optical illusion - you're tricked by your brain. And people with dyslexia are also tricked
by their brain while reading. And they're tricked because their brain is switching
and rotating and mirroring the letters. To explain further, this rotation and mirroring and switching
the letters are all 3D movements. So if you take a regular cup of coffee,
and switch and rotate and mirror it, it will always be a cup of coffee. But look what happens when we do this
with a typeface, or with a letter. The meaning will change. And then look to all the other letters. [p q d b] In this case, they are all
based on circles - they all look alike, especially, when you rotate,
mirror, and switch them. [m n h u] And these letters are all based on arches, so you make kind of twin letters
for dyslectic people. [v w i j] And these have all the same angles. So it's really hard and problematic
for people with dyslexia. [The Dyslexie font
dyslexie] So what I have done
is get rid of all the regular rules to make a typeface and make my own rules to help people with dyslexia, like myself. What I've done is, when you flip the letters
upside down and around, I was thinking, okay,
let's make the other side bolder. You don't flip them anymore
because the heavy part will go down. [b d u] And if you mirror the letters,
or have difficulty to distinguish them, I was thinking, okay,
just look at them and slant them, so they don't fit each other anymore. [i j l] And when letters look alike,
like this, and you read ii or jj, let's slant the whole letter, [i j l] and some letters just straight up,
so you don't read that anymore. You just read i and j, only to make
a difference between the letters. [o c s e] And some letters
are really close to each other, and I just make the openings bigger, so they are just better
to recognize from each other because this is, of course, much bigger
than when you are reading in a book. So every little bit helps reading. Also, making the ascender
and decender longer, [n h p] so the differences are emphasized. And the problem what I got a lot
is reading two sentences together because I miss the capitals
and the punctuations. And while you're busy
translating it for yourself, you just totally lose it. So making the capitals bigger
and the punctuation bigger, you create a kind of a stop sign
in your text to take a breath and read the next line. And against the crowding effect, when letters are melting together
when you are reading, [spacing] I just adjust the spacing
to a better place between the words, and between the letters - extra space - so you distinguish each letter more. And then, what I get a lot -
and as a graphic designer - it's logical, but most of us are not graphic designers. What can you do within typeface? It's like any other typeface
on your computer, you can use it in Word,
online, everywhere. If you can select the typeface,
you can select Dyslexie. And it's used around the world
by schools, companies, government departments, and especially,
my own favorite - home users. You get great stories back, and home users can download it
for free from dyslexiefont.com, and everywhere are now publishers
with books, learning-to-write kits, apps, education, you name it. They find their own way
and use it in their way, and it pops up everywhere,
and they help each other again. Please, take your time and read this. [What if I told you, you read this right? Then there is a awkward moment
when you realize you read this right too. And you just read "moment"
after awkward! Now you don't have to go back
and read the sentence again.] My dream is that the typeface will be used where it's needed
to help people on daily basis. And that dyslexia is not only known
by a reading problem, but also by the gift of dyslexia. Thank you. (Applause)
