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How to Use Dyslexia Friendly Fonts with Helperbird

Learn how to change fonts to dyslexia-friendly options like OpenDyslexic on any website Support for all learners and educators.

What are Dyslexia Friendly Fonts?

Dyslexia friendly fonts are specially designed typefaces that make reading easier for people with dyslexia. Fonts like OpenDyslexic and Lexend use unique letter shapes that help reduce confusion between similar letters like b and d or p and q.

Helperbird lets you change any webpage to use these fonts instantly.

Who is This For?

This feature is helpful for:

  • People with dyslexia
  • Anyone who finds standard fonts hard to read
  • Students who struggle with reading
  • People who confuse similar-looking letters
  • Anyone who wants a more readable font on websites

Step 1: Open Helperbird

Click the Helperbird icon in your browser toolbar. It looks like a small owl and is usually in the top-right corner of your browser.

This will open the Helperbird menu.

Step 2: Go to the All Features Section

Scroll down to the bottom of the Helperbird menu. You will see a section called All Features.

Click the arrow next to All Features to expand it and show all available features.

Step 3: Find Text Settings

Look through the list of features until you see Text settings.

Click on Text settings to open it.

A panel will appear with the Text tab already open.

Step 4: Turn on Font

In the Text tab, find Font with a toggle switch next to it.

Click the toggle to turn it on. The toggle will turn green when it is enabled.

Step 5: Choose a Dyslexia Friendly Font

After turning on Font, a dropdown menu will appear showing available fonts.

Click the dropdown and select a dyslexia-friendly font such as:

  • OpenDyslexic – Designed specifically for dyslexia with weighted bottoms on letters
  • Lexend Deca – Optimized for reading fluency
  • Comic Sans – A familiar font that many find easier to read

The font will apply immediately to all text on the page.

Tip: Try different fonts to see which one works best for you. Everyone's reading preferences are different.

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Need Additional Help?

If you have any questions or run into any issues, please contact the Helperbird support team. You can reach us at Helperbird support. We are happy to help you get the most out of Helperbird.

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It's a great tool! Really simple to use and works as described.

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shivashree vysali

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Helperbird is an excellent extension supporting a range of learning differences. Aside from providing many evidence-based dyslexia-assistive tools, the extension also functions as an easy-to-use, feature-rich web experience customization tool suitable to support a wide range of cognitive differences (i.e., color blindness and ADHD-related focus concerns, among others). Also, the developer is a very good person who supports the various learning-different communities in many ways, including by designing the free version of Helperbird to provide enough functionality to be beneficial to people who cannot afford to subscribe to the full-function version.

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It is simply amazing, Helperbird helps you find out from everything from the Readermode feature, color changes and so much more. It has really changed my life!!

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It's just a one-stop solution if I want to customize my page. With very good UI design.

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This extension has been an absolute lifesaver. I have that fantastic combo of ADHD and Dyslexia while trying to go through college. I have difficulty keeping letters in order, seeing the gaps between words, and with ADHD on top, I lose focus A LOT. The immersive reader has been my new best friend. It drowns out the rest of the content on the page, changes the font to something I can read, and highlights the word as it reads to me. My eyes are forced to keep going in the right direction. I can slow down and pay attention to what I'm reading. I don't even have to go back and read the same paragraph 5 times to understand it! The screen overlay has been outstanding for eye strain and being able to distinguish between words and spaces. The custom font and spacing for research articles have been an enormous advantage! I can actually read the research papers now and not have this daunting 2 column fine print page to squint over.All around, this has been the best purchase I've ever had. I use this every day, with every assignment. I don't even struggle with story-based questions anymore. The immersive reader helps me read, listen, and understand the question all at once. I am still exploring what I can use this with and how it can make my academic career, and I keep getting impressed with every new way I find to use it. Seriously, try it out. You won't regret it at all. Even if you don't have dyslexia or ADHD, just try it out. You might find that it helps you understand the content you're trying to learn even better!

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