Join Nigel French for an in-depth discussion in this video Sans Forgetica, part of Type Tips Weekly.
- [Instructor] Welcome to Type Tips.…I'm Nigel French.…This week's tip is about a font…designed to help readers remember information.…The font is Sans Forgetica…and it's the result of a collaboration…between the Behavioral Business Lab…and the Design School of RMIT University…in Melbourne, Australia.…Sans Forgetica has an eight degree back slant…and gaps in each letter.…The idea is that by challenging the mind…to complete the letter shapes,…reading is slowed and memory retention is increased.…
This concept of challenging the reader…is known as desirable difficulty.…The creators of San Forgetica believe…that many contemporary fonts are just too easy to read…and so the information washes over us…without leaving a trace.…Of course if the reading is too difficult,…that won't leave a trace either.…Sans Forgetica aims for that sweet spot…of providing just enough abstraction.…It was designed with year 12 students…cramming for exams in mind,…but it might also be useful…for people studying foreign languages…and those grappling with memory loss.…
Author
Nigel French
Updated
10/26/2020Released
3/5/2018Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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