Dyslexia Font

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linneart
Community Novice

Is there an option for uploading a new font to Canvas? I have a student with Dyslexia who would benefit by having the OpenDyslexic font on our lesson pages and the class homepage. The font is free and available in many formats on https://opendyslexic.org/  Is it possible to add this font myself or would it need to be done by someone else?

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tdw
Instructure
Instructure

Hello  @linneart ‌,

A custom font can be enabled by an admin by using custom JavaScript or CSS in the Theme Editor. Please note that Instructure doesn't provide support for these types of customizations.

Also, there's no scientific evidence that OpenDyslexic actually improves readability for users with Dyslexia.* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629233/ 

OpenDyslexic was compared to Arial and Times New Roman in three reading tasks: (a) letter naming, (b) word reading, and (c) nonsense word reading. Data were analyzed through visual analysis and improvement rate difference, a nonparametric measure of nonoverlap for comparing treatments. Results from this alternating treatment experiment show no improvement in reading rate or accuracy for individual students with dyslexia, as well as the group as a whole.

(emphasis added)

*I am not a research scientist Smiley Happy

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