Dyslexia Scotland / Dyslexia Awareness Month: Inconstant Regular

To wrap up Dyslexia Awareness Month, Dyslexia Scotland launches a beautiful dyslexia-friendly typeface created by renowned designer Daniel Brokstad. ‘There’s Nothing Comic About Dyslexia’ is a campaign that gives Comic Sans a platform to speak up on the relentless criticism it faces from the design industry. Despite being quite the helpful tool for people with Dyslexia, designers everywhere continue to cringe hard at the sight of it. Quite frankly, a resolve to this 20-year-long quarrel is just as unrealistic as thinking that designers would now have an epiphany regarding Comic Sans’ value and suddenly fall in love with it. So, instead, the campaign embraces that rivalry by giving Comic Sans the power to call for change that is long overdue with one ballsy, but simple request: create typefaces that can beautifully bridge the gap between design and dyslexia. But Dyslexia Scotland isn't just pointing out the problem without offering one beautiful solution of their own. This led to a partnership with renowned type designer Daniel Brokstad, whose patience towards the comical font’s defiant challenge was admirable. His eye for beautiful design and vision for an inconstant dyslexia-friendly typeface raised the bar of possibilities when it comes to design inclusivity. Daniel’s new typeface, called ‘Inconstant Regular’, proves his creative genius in designing a font that is highly variable and that can be adjusted to individual dyslexia needs. After all, people with dyslexia make up 10% of the world’s population. That is 780 million brilliant minds around the world, with highly variable needs themselves. The new typeface is available for download, free of charge, on the campaign website.Finally, it was equally important to help educate future talents on the need for inclusive design and the responsibility they eventually carry to do so. A vision that is shared by Miami Ad School Europe, and that was put into effect by introducing a new ‘Inclusive Design’ class. All so future designers can start off their careers with a mindset that ultimately makes information and knowledge accessible to everyone alike.