Dyslexie, A Typeface Designed To Help Dyslexics Read

Dyslexie, A Typeface Designed To Help Dyslexics Read

Reading printed text is so fluid and transparent for most people that it's hard to imagine it feeling any other way. Maybe that's why it took a dyslexic designer to create a typeface that optimizes the reading experience for people who suffer from that condition. Christian Boer's "Dyslexie" doesn't exactly make the letterforms look conventionally beautiful, but since when is that a prerequisite for well-designed? If it works, it works.

“Animation Hotline” Visualizes Voicemails as Hand-Drawn Short Films

“Animation Hotline” Visualizes Voicemails as Hand-Drawn Short Films

A world without voicemail would be a wonderful world indeed. But that's not going to happen -- and even if it did, we'd lose small pleasures like "Animation Hotline," in which Dustin Grella takes one voicemail each day and turns it into an animated chalk drawing just for kicks. Sound kooky? You're not alone: Here's an animation based on a message expressing skepticism that the entire enterprise isn't a hoax:

Infographic of the Day

Infographic Of The Day: Liberals And Conservatives Raise Kids Differently

Infographic Of The Day: Liberals And Conservatives Raise Kids Differently

In American politics today, right and left are often just labels -- Democrats and Republicans alike believe that their stance should be whatever does most damage to the other side. Forget having any political principles. For example, the principles behind "Obamacare" began in conservative think tanks like the Heritage foundation and were loved by the Republican party. Until those principles became Obama's, and then they became a socialist world plot.