IS Bionic Reading GOOD OR BAD?
Not all letter fonts are the same. Some are intentionally designed to be basic and easy to read, while there are those that’re meant to do the same with some aesthetic flair. But as established as this fact is, a new trend in font design and reading has emerged and is touted to improve one’s reading speed and comprehension. Called “Bionic Reading,” this font-styling-cum-reading method was developed by typographer Renato Casutt and is said to be ideal for neurodivergent readers.
Initially introduced in that it has greatly improved May as a reading pack tool their reading habits. for iOS devices, the pack But as the trend picked has since been transposed up in the weeks leading to to non-Apple devices in July, a number of educational the form of extensions psychologists have spoken for Google’s Chrome and up about it, indicating that Microsoft’s Edge web it is tied to a misunderstood browsers. At its core, the aspect to reading and method entails a facilitation reading comprehension. of the reading process using Citing previous readingrelated text designed with “fixation studies and research, points” that focuses on the experts note that reading initial letters of a word to comprehension is closely allow the brain to complete tied with interacting with it at faster rates. texts slowly as opposed
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Upon the font pack’s “Bionic Reading” stands launch, the method earned with where reading a lot of praise among early comprehension is concerned adopters in social media. have since been ongoing Some, who claim to have online, with one side saying neurological conditions it helps them read better, like attention-deficit while the other notes that hyperactivity disorder or it bears no points as a dyslexia, note that it has better reading method by made it easier for them to valuing speed at the cost of stay on a page; others claim comprehension.