the text below is part of a feature profiling young british designers in yesterday's observer.

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quote:

Natascha Frensch, 27
Can a new typeface help people with dyslexia read and write more effectively? Britain has 2m severe dyslexics, including 375,000 schoolchildren. Frensch has designed Read, a sans serif typeface she hopes will help people to read and write more clearly. It works because each letter is drawn individually. She has produced a limited edition book that explains how she did it and why and hopes to sell the typeface via a website, www.readregular.com (which has yet to be set up). For individuals, it will be 'the price of a CD', while bigger corporations will have to pay accordingly. There is also a version for children. Email contact: natascha.frensch@readregular.com

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http://www.readregular.com/english/intro.html

http://www.hhrc.rca.ac.uk/programmes/ra/2003/natascha.

[i originally posted the above links in 'news & events' but, as its been pointed out to me, the story seems ripe for typophile comment. take it away...]