early on in this dyslexic font journey, a universal grotesk font variant was created with its unique descending lower case f, aptly named grotesk whilst applying the signature non-mirrored glyph set common to the fonts created on this site.

The grotesq font adds this glyph to the lajt font with its latest edition of the non-mirrored dyslexic glyph set which, with the descending capital J, imparts a “script like” flair to the font (reminiscent of cursive descenders)..

NOTE: the extended lower case f artifacts as shown above, are the font viewer app’s interpretation of the glyph customizations (to extend both the stem and hook separation) and are not visible in use.

non-mirrored glyph sets

continue to be the hallmark of the dyslexic fonts developed on this site.

Two sets of non-mirrored glyphs now exist: those prior to—and including the luft and lift fonts—and those belonging to the recent quad of fonts—laft, lait, lajt and grotesq fonts—which introduced the tailed lower case a and d glyphs and the resultant alternate glyph shapes improving (IMO) their non-mirrored visual differentiation and flow.

For the lower case b d p q..

glyph	grotesq font	lift font
b	toothless-corner	toothless-rounded
d	tailed	toothed
p	eared	earless-corner
q	hook-tailed	hook-tailed

The non-mirrored lower case m n u remain unchanged..

glyph	grotesq font	lift font
m	earless-rounded	earless-rounded
n	straight	straight
u	toothless-rounded	toothless-rounded

distinctive glyph flares

glyph	grotesq font	lift font
G	toothed-hookless	toothed-hookless
I (eye)	serifless	serifed
J	descending-serifless	flat-hook-serifless
B P Q R	open	open
a	double-storey-tailed	double-storey-toothless-corner
f	flat-hook-extended	flat-hook
l (el)	extended-serifless	extended-serifless
t	hookless-asymmetric	hookless-asymmetric

Refer to the laft font for the glyph variations distinguishing the laft, lait and lajt fonts (notably the capital I and lower case a).

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This latest set of fonts with the minor tailed glyphs marks a significant departure from the prior sans serifed oriented typefaces. The fonts still reflect a sans serif slant but loosening this constraint introduces a pleasing visual flow (with imperceptible impact to the overall monospaced cell width character of the fonts) further relaxing (IMO) the visual effort to consume printed content.

The extended lower case f is reminiscent of the Universal Grotesk variants created very early on—an aesthetic return?—loosing some of the sans serifed glyphs in favour of visual flow and non-mirrored glyph shapes. Combined with the descending capital J, the subtle counterpoints to the extended lower case l render a pleasing visual (height/depth) balance to text lines.

Every typeface created, of course, quickly becomes a favourite for reading with, the nature of novelty.. but grotesq feels like a cumulative end game keeper :-)

My particular KOReader settings—font size, margins and line spacing—have elevated the grotesq font to a fiction favourite with its visual accent of occasional descenders. As always, YMMV.

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