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DysLex Font A dyslexia-friendly font for clearer reading and writing

Similar-looking letters, crowded lines and dense pages can make reading and proofreading exhausting. DysLex gives letters more distinction and words more room, so you can focus on what you want to say.

Install it once, then choose it in Word, PowerPoint, Pages and other programs that use your installed fonts.

WindowsMacWord, PowerPoint, Pages and more
Standard font

Please bring the budget draft to Monday's meeting.

The same sentence in DysLex

Please bring the budget draft to Monday's meeting.

The real DysLex typeface. Every reader is different.
The problem

Your ideas are clear. The page should be too.

When letters such as b and d look alike, lines feel crowded, or your eyes keep jumping around the page, even a short document takes longer than it should.

DysLex changes the shape and spacing of the text, not your writing. That simple change can make documents feel calmer, clearer and easier to work through.

Read with ease. Understand more. Feel confident.

How DysLex helps

Every letter is designed to be easy to recognise, and hard to confuse.

Tell similar letters apart

Distinct shapes make letters such as b, d, p and q easier to recognise at a glance.

Bottom-weighted letters

Extra weight at the bottom of each letter keeps it from looking flipped, reversed or jumbled.

Room to breathe

More open spacing between letters and words helps you keep your place while you read, revise and proofread.

Larger, clearer letters

Larger letterforms, made to strict specifications, make the features that tell letters apart easier to see.

Careful kerning

The space between each pair of letters is adjusted, so words read as words, not as runs of letters.

Bold punctuation

Commas, full stops and other marks stand out, so sentence breaks are easy to see.

One font. Many everyday uses.

Keep your programs. Change how text feels.

Schoolwork

Draft an essay in Word, read class notes, or format an assignment in Pages.

Without: losing your place in a long assignment
With DysLex: text that is easier to navigate

Work documents and slides

Review a report, prepare a letter, or make a presentation easier to follow.

Without: crowded slides, hard-to-follow bullets
With DysLex: clearer headings and key points

Everyday writing

Use DysLex for notes, lists, forms and other text in your programs.

Without: rereading the same line again and again
With DysLex: a calmer page to write on

A small change to your routine

Install DysLex

It installs as a system font on Windows or Mac, with regular, bold and italic styles.

Open your program

Word, PowerPoint, Pages, or any other program that uses your installed fonts.

Choose DysLex

Select DysLex from the font menu and keep working as usual.

Choose your licence

The complete DysLex family for one user, on Windows or Mac.

Educational

For school and study
$24.95
  • The complete DysLex family: regular, bold and italic
  • Windows or Mac, one user
  • Simple installation
Buy Educational

Professional

For the workplace
$59.95
  • The complete DysLex family: regular, bold and italic
  • Windows or Mac, one user
  • Licensed for work documents
Buy Professional

Licences for a school, college or team: call US 1-813-792-7000 · UK +44 161 802 0200, or ask for a quote.

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Also in Spellex Write-Assist

Read your documents in DysLex, without changing them

Spellex Write-Assist includes the DysLex font in its Reading View: one click shows your document in DysLex, with comfortable spacing and a cream page, plus spelling by sound, homophones and read aloud.

Spellex Write-Assist's Reading View showing an essay in the DysLex font on a cream page.

Read the evidence on accessible text

Typeface preferences vary by reader. These guides and studies explain how font choice, spacing and page design can affect reading comfort.

Questions

What is DysLex?

A dyslexia-friendly font from Spellex. It uses distinct letter shapes, bottom-weighted forms and open spacing to make text easier to recognise and follow.

How can DysLex help readers with dyslexia?

It is designed to make similar-looking letters easier to tell apart and to give words more room on the page. Reading preferences vary from person to person.

Which programs work with DysLex?

Once installed on your computer, DysLex is available in programs that use installed fonts, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Apple Pages and many other desktop programs.

Is DysLex a spell checker?

No. DysLex changes how text looks; it does not correct spelling or grammar. For that, see Spellex Write-Assist and Spellex Spell Checker.

Educational or Professional?

Educational is for students using DysLex for school and study. Professional is for documents used at work.

Ready for a calmer page?

Distinct letters, open spacing and a calmer page, in the programs you already use.