# EasyReading

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{{Infobox font
| name = 
| style = Semi-serif (akin to Humanist Sans-serif)
| creator = [Federico Alfonsetti](/source/Federico_Alfonsetti)
| foundry= Easyreading Multimedia srl
| releasedate = 2009
| variations      = Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Extra Bold, Extra Bold Black
| website = [http://www.easyreading.it/en/ www.easyreading.it]
}}

'''EasyReading''' font is a [typeface](/source/typeface) designed for childhood literacy. It supports the basic Latin, [Latin Extended-A](/source/Latin_Extended-A) and some of the [Latin Extended-B](/source/Latin_Extended-B) blocks of Unicode, covering most languages written in Latin script. It was created by [Federico Alfonsetti](/source/Federico_Alfonsetti) to help readers with [dyslexia](/source/dyslexia) and to increase reading speed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easyreading.it/en/try-it/ |title=The easiest font to read &#124; EasyReading |website=Easyreading.it |date= |access-date=2017-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2014/07/27/easyriding-una-scommessa-per-aiutare-a-leggere-chi-ha-difficoltaTorino15.html |title=EasyRiding una scommessa per aiutare a leggere chi ha difficoltà - la Repubblica.it |language=it |website=Ricerca.repubblica.it |date=2014-07-27 |access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>

EasyReading has a hybrid [semi-serif](/source/semi-serif) design. It has widely spaced [kerning](/source/kerning) compared to most typefaces.

[Erik Spiekermann](/source/Erik_Spiekermann) claims that Easyreading is a mere copy of his [ITC Officina](/source/ITC_Officina) Font.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://mobile.twitter.com/espiekermann/status/483995231575347200| title = Twitter}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://rivistedigitali.erickson.it/dislessia/archivio/vol-10-n-2-2/ Research stating what is written above] {{in lang|it}}  translation([http://www.easyreading.it/en/scientific-research/])
* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jir.12214/abstract Abstract]{{subscription required}} from [John Wiley & Sons](/source/John_Wiley_%26_Sons) Library: in September 2015, Dr. Bachmann presented the EasyReading research at the EAMHID (European Association for Mental Health) international conference held in Florence. The abstracts of the conference proceedings, including that of Dr. Bachmann, were published in the "Journal of Mental Disability Research" (Vol. 59, September 2015), published by John Wiley & Sons at the end of the same month. [http://www.easyreading.it/en/scientific-research/ Content]

Category:Unicode typefaces
Category:Management of dyslexia
Category:Semi-serif typefaces
Category:Typefaces and fonts introduced in 2009

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