Chris Stephen, Founder, ReadHowYouWant
Interview on NCTI web site.
This is a fascinating interview with the founder of ReadHowYouWant, the company for which I am now developing a library and institutional services program. Chris had a strong background in publishing and marking up electronic text when his sister developed MS and began having trouble reading. To help her, he applied his publishing and markup skills to create special fonts that her eyes could track on, as well as a software system for converting normal text to these fonts.
From the NCTI web site home page:
The National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) advances learning opportunities for all students, with a special focus on individuals with disabilities. Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) at the U.S. Department of Education, NCTI offers technical guidance to facilitate growth and sustainability of assistive and learning tools by fostering innovative technology solutions.
Please note that the font examples giving in the interview are some of the more specialized ones that RHYW uses. Most of their books are printed in fonts that look quite conventional, except for being larger and darker, so they are perfect for public library large print sections.
The big thing that ReadHowYouWant does for most libraries is to produce these large font editions of books that previously were available only in smaller type.
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