Nevertheless, it is impossible to generalize and state that a different font has no importance since a positive effect
might have been present only with some pupils, which is not evident from the overall results. Some of the
participants claimed that the text on Open Dyslectic was easier to read, while others had a subjective feeling of
worse readability. Some of the pupils may have a better subjective feeling about reading, they may be less tired and
more motivated (and able to read longer) without their error rate and reading speed being affected.
Error rates were slightly lower with Open Dyslectic, mainly in pupils which made very frequent mistakes. For
example, there were 12 pupils who made 10 or more mistakes with Open Dyslectic but there were 16 such pupils
with Arial. These results suggest that the effect of Open Dyslectic might be present mainly in pupils with more
serious reading difficulties. However, statistical testing of this requires more data collection and a more detailed
analysis.
Furthermore the results might have been affected by different amount of experience with the individual fonts.
While children often use Arial, Open Dyslectic was entirely new to them and it is possible that after familiarization
with it the results might have been better.
As re-education of pupils with dyslexia should be individualized it is possible to offer a choice and try which font
(as well as line spacing font size etc.) is more suitable for each pupil, since there are likely to be significant
differences between the individual pupils.