EasyType - Neuro-inclusive fonts for calmer, clearer reading

EasyType Sans

Balanced default

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Reading should feel calm, anchored, and unhurried.

Neutral rhythm, gentle anchoring, and comfort spacing for everyday use in interfaces or long-form text.

EasyType Focus

For attention and rhythm

Spacing and entry anchors guide the eye from word to word, improving reading flow for those with attention variability.

Slightly wider spacing reduces crowding and supports smoother saccades - ideal for focus or study modes.

EasyType Steady

Clarity under pressure

Higher x-height, stronger baseline anchors, and open shapes reduce confusion between similar letters.

Designed for visual clarity, fatigue reduction, and accessible learning materials.

The science behind EasyType

Why it was built

Traditional fonts are optimised for aesthetics, not for how the human eye and brain process text. Research into visual crowding, saccadic movement, and attentional anchoring shows that small optical cues can reduce regressions and make reading feel smoother.

Entry anchoring gives the eye a consistent “starting point” for each word, aiding fixation and reducing scanning fatigue.
Raised x-height and increased openness improve letter recognition and reduce misreads, supported by studies on dyslexic perception of type.
Adaptive spacing - slightly wider letter and word spacing - mitigates crowding and supports working-memory pacing.

EasyType blends these principles into three variants - EasyType Sans, EasyType Focus, and EasyType Steady - so designers, educators, and readers can select what feels most comfortable.

Get EasyType

Download or embed

All weights and styles are available under the SIL Open Font Licence 1.1. You can use, modify, and redistribute them freely.

Self-hosting (recommended): keep the fonts on your own domain for predictable performance.

Download the full bundle as easytypesans.zip or install it via npm install easytype-fonts.
Serve the contents of fonts/ and css/easytype.css from your infrastructure, then reference your copy:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/fonts/easytype/css/easytype.css">

Using a bundler? Import the stylesheet directly: @import "easytype-fonts/css/easytype.css";

Hosted quick start: for prototypes you can point to the maintained copy at https://www.marczewski.me.uk/easytype/css/easytype.css?v=1.0.0, then switch to local hosting before shipping.

Interactive specimen: explore every weight, style, and feature on the live demo page (it loads the same EasyType Sans web include used in production).

Evidence base

Research that informed EasyType

Pelli D.G., Tillman K.A. (2008) - The uncrowded window of object recognition, Nature Neuroscience 11(10).
Rayner K. (1998) - Eye movements in reading and information processing, Psychological Bulletin 124(3).
Spinelli D. et al. (2002) - Crowding effects on word recognition in dyslexia, Cortex 38(2).
Le Loi J., Whitney C. (2016) - Optimal inter-letter spacing for reading, Vision Research 121.

EasyType doesn’t “treat” dyslexia or ADHD. It applies evidence-based typographic principles to create calmer, clearer reading experiences for all.