About Lexie Readable font

Lexie Readable Font Family Made by K-Type

Lexie Readable (formerly Lexia Readable) was designed with accessibility and legibility in mind, an attempt to capture the strength and clarity of Comic Sans without the comic book associations. Features like the non-symmetrical b and d, and the handwritten forms of a and g may help dyslexic readers. You can read more about the story behind Lexie Readable in the Kernel.

Lexie Readable now includes a full complement of Latin Extended-A characters and numerous subtle outline improvements.

The Regular and Bold weights can be downloaded and used freely without a licence by educational and charitable institutions as well as by individuals. Purchasable licences are required for italic and heavy weights and for business use of the Lexie Readable family – www.k-type.com/licences

Free for Personal Use

This fonts are authors' property, and are either shareware, demo versions or public domain. The licence mentioned above the download button is just an indication. Please look at the readme-files in the archives or check the indicated author's website for details, and contact him if in doubt. If no author/licence is indicated that's because we don't have information, that doesn't mean it's free.

LexieReadable_ReadMe

=== LEXIE READABLE ===
=== LEXIE READABLE ITALIC ===
=== LEXIE READABLE BOLD ===
=== LEXIE READABLE BOLD ITALIC ===

=== LEXIE READABLE HEAVY ===
=== LEXIE READABLE HEAVY OUTLINE ===

Keith Bates / K-Type © 2004, 2015 (version 5.2)
www.k-type.com - [email protected]

The Lexie Readable family (formerly Lexia Readable) is designed for maximum legibility. K-Type has tried to capture the clarity and accessibility of Comic Sans without the American comic book associations and whimsical, childlike quality which are culturally inappropriate for many uses and may seem patronizing.

Lexie Readable is an attempt to retain the strength, friendliness and legibility of Comic Sans, and even a slightly marker-drawn feel, whilst tidying up the comic book idiosyncrasies. It adds a hint of dignity, a sprinkling of refinement, and introduces elements of designer type to appeal to a contemporary audience.

Whilst Comic Sans has long been a preferred choice for infant typography from 'Baby on Board' stickers onward, its use risks undermining any serious message and appearing condescending to readers with greater visual maturity, issues that are particularly acute when applied to adolescent and adult literacy.

Typographical concerns from recent educational publications and discussions, and some highlighted by the British Dyslexia Association have been incorporated into the design of Lexie Readable - the simpler, handwritten forms of a and g, the non-symmetry of letters such as b and d, good sized descenders and ascenders, generous spacing and excellent screen clarity.

Many more accented characters have been added to each weight to complete the Latin Extended-A range. Several minor outline, spacing and kerning improvements have also been made.

The numeral 9 has been replaced by the more popular, diagonal leg alternative.

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== Licence Information ==

The Regular and Bold weights of Lexie Readable are available free for personal use; these two fonts can also be used free of charge, without a licence, by educational and charitable institutions.

Licences are required for italic and heavy weights of Lexie Readable. Licences are required for business use of the Lexie Readable family –
http://www.k-type.com/licences

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== Installing Fonts ==

Fonts are placed in your operating system's Fonts folder and will be made available to all the applications or programs you use.

= Windows =
Put the .ttf or .otf font file into C:\Windows\Fonts, or right-click on the font files > Install

= Mac =
Put the .ttf or .otf font file into /Library/Fonts

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