4 Fonts Designed for Students with Dyslexia

For any student with dyslexia, reading can be very difficult. Fortunately, designers have created several fonts to aid students when reading online, saving them from trying to flip, swap or reverse letters. (Currently, Arial, Courier, Helvetica and Verdana are easiest for dyslexics to read.) Here are 4 fonts you can load on your school's computers:





1. Dyslexie

2. Open Dyslexic

3. Lexia Readable

4. Sylexiad

Are YOU a Comic Sans Criminal?

Although I am a media specialist, I think about design every time I work on a worksheet, form or sign. I am a right-brained woman. Every time I receive an email or see a sign with comic sans as the font, I'm sorry to say that I cringe. Here is a great site which explains the only times you should be using the comic sans font. It is appropriately called Comic San Criminal.

New Page Posted: Graphics

I've just added a new page which has everything related to graphics: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Create Comics Online, Creative Commons Images and Photos and Fonts. The page will be constantly updated when new things come along.

19 Sites Where You'll Find Free Fonts

Free is always good. And when it comes to fonts, there are so many out there, why pay for them? This list should keep graphic design teachers and other creative sorts like me busy. One thing to remember: the downloads are in a .zip file, so your school might block this action. My suggestion is to download and unzip the file at home, then have your tech person add it to your computer at school.

1001 Free Fonts

1001 Fonts- most popular ones are here

Abstract Fonts-13,447

Ace Free Fonts-20307 fonts for Windows and Mac


Acid Fonts-for Mac or PC


Better Fonts

DaFont- nice collection

Download 2200 Free Fonts

Ecofont- save ink by downloading this free font; works on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Macintosh and Linux


Font Burner- specifically for blogs; code works with WordPress, SWF, CSS and Javascript

The Font Pool

Font Squirrel

Free Fonts- 1001 to choose from!

Free Fonts from Bravenet

Font Space- 16,328 free fonts

Free Mac Fonts- for Macintosh users only

Freeware Fonts- categories from 3D- Valentine

Get Free Fonts

Mike's Sketchpad- free fonts for PC or Mac; this is a very large collection!

Urban Fonts- from 3D to Western

YourFonts- create a font from your own handwriting