Why designers need to consider accessibility in type

“It’s like an optical illusion, where you start to doubt your own brain,” says Christian Boer.
Graphic designer Boer was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. He explains the condition made school, and later university, a near-impossible challenge. “I could stare at the same two pages for hours – and when I did read, it was wrong,” he says.
When the time came to develop a final project at university, spurred on by his struggles, Boer designed the prototype versi