Cadman Font

Cadman Font
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About Cadman Font

Cadman Font is a Dyslexia font and was created on . Since then, it has been downloaded 9,118 times and added to 203 collections. 12 people have liked Cadman Font and given it a thumbs up.

Cadman Font was recently updated on Apr 7, 2021

4 font family styles

Bold Style

Cadman Bold
truetype 1915 glyphs 1729 characters

Bold Italic Style

Cadman Bold Italic
truetype 1838 glyphs 1630 characters

Italic Style

Cadman Italic
truetype 2100 glyphs 1895 characters

Regular Style

Cadman
truetype 2509 glyphs 2327 characters
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    I don't know if a specific font for dyslexia is a good thing or not, certainly some fonts are more legible than others.

    My hypothesis is that the success of fonts which have been specifically designed for people with dyslexia is a placebo effect. The reader expects the special font to be easier to read so they put extra effort into reading the type. Knowing that a typeface has been specifically created to address one’s needs may well provide useful motivation that enhances concentration and engagement. Then, having better understood text for having made an effort to read it, the reader credits the enhanced comprehension to the special font rather than them having put in extra effort to comprehend it.

    However having said that some fonts are easier to read and comprehend than other so why not make a font which fulfills all the criteria, it certainly cannot make the situation any worse.

    The Cadman font has been designed to be as legible as possible. There is a lot of opinion on the Internet about which fonts are suitable for dyslexic people and much of it is contradictory. This is only to be expected, people are different from one another and what is suitable for one is not suitable for all.

    However there are some characteristics which are commonly accepted as making a font more suitable for use by dyslexic people.

    Good ascenders and descenders
    Wide apertures
    b and d distinguished from each other not just mirrored
    p and q distinguished from each other not just mirrored
    Different forms for capital I, lowercase l and digit 1
    Rounded g and rounded a as in handwriting
    r & n together (rn) should not look like m
    The f character has a descender to make it more unlike a turned t

    Cadman fulfills all these criteria. However Cadman is not just for people with dyslexia.

    Cadman is suitable wherever a clear and legible sans serif font is required. It has Bold, Italic and Bold Italic.

    There are many open type features including SMALL CAPITALS, fractions and ordinals. There are two stylistic alternatives which change the digit zero from dotted to slashed zero or blank zero.

    Cadman contains a Greek alphabet suitable for mathematics and many Mathematical Operators, Letterlike Symbols, Miscellaneous Symbols and Dingbats.

    Enjoy !

    License Info

    SIL Open Font License (OFL)
    2017
    Created
    9,118
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    203
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