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antijingoist / open-dyslexic

What I intend to be an opensource font for dyslexics and for high readability
http://dyslexicfonts.com
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Create OS X System Font #53

Closed Tekl closed 6 years ago

Tekl commented 9 years ago

Create a special font version to replace Yosemite's System Font. You just have to export it with the PostScript Name ".HelveticaNeueDeskInterface-Regular". For more details look here: http://www.macissues.com/2014/11/21/how-to-change-the-default-system-font-in-mac-os-x/ https://github.com/dtinth/YosemiteSystemFontPatcher

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antijingoist commented 9 years ago

It appears that YosemiteSystemFontPatcher doing this with OpenDyslexic out of the box.

Tekl commented 9 years ago

Yes, that's true, but not everyone is able to use the tool. And the Font needs some adjustments to fit well in the UI.

antijingoist commented 9 years ago

OpenDyslexic would need to become metric compatible with Helvetica Neue, and kept up to date with MacOS changes. I'm not opposed to this happening, but I couldn't maintain it time-wise. If you want to send a pull request with this version, that'll be fantastic, and I'll pull it into the repo. Otherwise, I sincerely do not have the time to maintain it solo.

Tekl commented 9 years ago

I think it must not fully metric compatible to Helvetica. It seems some little adjustments would help. I don't know much about that. Maybe the friendly guys from Font Bureau can give you the right tips. They also adjusted their Input font for OS X. http://input.fontbureau.com/systemfont/

antijingoist commented 6 years ago

If added, it would likely be a different project.