In search of further possibilities for fonts, Fontworks has developed and released a font "Inclusive Design Font (ID Font)" that is highly ``readable'' and ``readable'' for the elderly and people with visual impairment (amblyopia). I was.
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Development background

Fontworks has been researching and developing Universal Design fonts from the perspective of universal design, and has provided Universal Design fonts that aim to be effective for everyone.
However, in interviews with customers in various fields, Rather than creating a single design that works for everyone, it's better to provide something optimized for each specific group, resulting in the best design for everyone. I came to think that it might not be.

In the first research on Universal Design fonts, we concluded that there is not much difference in how elderly people and young people see things, and we have been releasing our Universal Design fonts since 2015. However, in light of the ideas mentioned in the previous paragraph, we believe that it is necessary to respond to small differences rather than saying that there is not much difference, and we have started efforts to respond to the aging society. rice field.
At the same time, we have been researching and developing fonts not only for the elderly but also for the visually impaired (weak eyesight).

Based on the results of two years of research, this time, we have developed an optimal design for the elderly and the visually impaired (weak eyesight) that incorporates the concept of inclusive design. "Inclusive Design Font (ID Font)" has been completed.
Please see the link below for detailed research results.

* What is inclusive design: A London that involves various people such as the elderly, people with disabilities, foreigners, etc. who have been excluded from the design process and users of Products from the upstream of the design process and designs together. A design method born from the Royal College of Art in England.

"Inclusive Design Font (ID Font)" typeface description

Based on "Universal Design Kakugo_Small B", which is beautiful and easy to read and is ideal for long sentences, this typeface has improved readability and distinguishability for the elderly and the visually impaired (weak eyesight).

1. Improve readability
Usually, the typeface design of kanji is adjusted by making the vertical strokes thicker than the horizontal strokes so that Weight of the strokes looks the same, but the kanji of ID fonts The horizontal stroke is adjusted to be thicker than the conventional one.
The reason for this is that the typeface design of kanji is conscious of several optical illusions. For this reason, vertical strokes are usually made thicker than horizontal strokes so that the lines appear to be the same Weight, but this illusion is said to change with age. Therefore, when we conducted a comparative evaluation experiment, we decided that a font with thicker horizontal strokes would be easier to read, so we made the horizontal strokes thicker.

2. Improved discrimination
According to the research results, the characters ``So'' ``N'' ``Si'' ``Tsu'' ``Bo'' ``Po'' ``l (El)'' ``0 (zero)'' ``Water'' Radicals)” has been redesigned to improve distinguishability.

今後、インクルーシブデザインフォント（IDフォント）は、さらに特定のグループにとって「可読性」「判別性」が高いフォントを開発し、より多くの人に最適なフォントをお届けして参ります。

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