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Atkinson Hyperlegible
Atkinson Hyperlegible is a freely available typeface built around a grotesque sans-serif core, intended to be optimally legible for readers who are partially visually impaired, with all characters maximally distinguishable from one another.
About Atkinson Hyperlegible
Atkinson Hyperlegible is a freely available typeface built around a grotesque sans-serif core, intended to be optimally legible for readers who are partially visually impaired, with all characters maximally distinguishable from one another. It was developed by the Braille Institute of America in collaboration with Applied Design Works and is available under the SIL Open Font License. It won Fast Company's Innovation by Design Award for Graphic Design in 2019 and was shortlisted for a graphic design award by Dezeen in 2020. In 2025, the Braille Institute released Atkinson Hyperlegible Next, an enhanced version of the font with variable weight and an expanded character set to support more languages, along with a monospaced version.
From the Wikipedia article “Atkinson Hyperlegible”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Atkinson Hyperlegible in a book
Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Free alternatives on Google Fonts
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q115155990 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).