Typophile

Designing for preschool audience?

Charles Ellertson

I received the following from a friend. I’ll admit I don’t have a clue; anybody know where they can look? — Thanks, Charles

any idea where I might find comp specs or typography standards
for early learning reading? Surely they must have some guidelines
somewhere on x-height, leading, line length, recommended fonts?

I’m doing some volunteer work — don’t even ask —

Charles, this doesn’t quite answer the specs and standards question directly, but the person who I think did the best work in this area is Dr. Rosemary Sassoon – after whom the Sassoon typeface on the ITC article page is named. Find out more about the work she has done with Adrian Williams and Club Type here.

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