Prizren Social Science Journal (Apr 2023)

DYSLEXIA TYPEFACE: DOES IT AFFECT READING FLUENCY?

  • Maja FILIPOVSKA,
  • Goran AJDINSKI,
  • Aleksandra KAROVSKA RISTOVSKA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.32936/pssj.v7i1.394
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1

Abstract

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There are different approaches used to reduce reading skills deficits. One such approach, which belongs to the group of visual adaptations, is to change the font used in the texts. The main research goal is to assess the level of reading success in people with dyslexia (reading difficulties) by using a specialized Cyrillic font - Dyslexic FZF. The research was conducted on 24 persons with dyslexia from North Macedonia and obtained data about oral reading fluency and reading lists of meaningful and meaningless words with the Dyslexic FZF font and the font Times New Roman. The data of the two consecutive readings were compared. Results suggest that when using the new dyslexia typeface, Dyslexic FZF, participants were able to read more words per minute than with the Times New Roman font. A statistically significant difference in the results occurs in the errors made while reading.

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