Reading font

Reading font lets learners switch course text to Atkinson Hyperlegible Next, a font designed to make letters and numbers easier to distinguish. This optional accessibility setting is available on Free, Standard, and Pro, with no setup needed from you.

What the font does

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next uses distinctive letter shapes to help readers tell similar characters apart, such as a capital I, a lowercase l, and the number 1. It is part of Braille Institute’s Atkinson Hyperlegible family, created with low-vision readers in mind.

Reading preferences vary. Learners can try the font, combine it with High contrast and Text size, or keep your course’s original typography. The setting starts off and does not change your course theme or saved content.

For the font’s background and design, visit Braille Institute’s Atkinson Hyperlegible page. You can also explore Atkinson Hyperlegible Next on Google Fonts.

Turn it on

1. Open a course and select Settings (the gear icon).
2. Under Display, turn on Reading font.
3. Turn it off at any time to return to the course’s original fonts.

The description beneath the switch reads “Make letters easier to distinguish”. You can try the same setting in course previews before publishing.

The learner’s choice carries across lessons and is remembered in their browser when browser storage is available. If storage is restricted, the choice lasts for the current visit.

Supported languages

Slate enables the reading font for these course languages:

• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• French and French (Canada)
• German
• Italian
• Portuguese (Brazil) and Portuguese (Portugal)
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Welsh

These are Slate’s 12 verified language options. The font itself supports more languages, but Slate only enables the setting for the options listed here.

For Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, or another unverified course language, the switch is unavailable. In a multilingual course, switching to an unsupported language restores the original typography. Switching back to a supported language restores the learner’s reading-font preference. This setting does not translate the course.

Where it applies

The font applies to course text and player controls. It does not change text inside images, videos, embedded content, or custom code blocks. Code samples keep their code formatting. PDF and Word exports keep the course’s authored typography.

The font is included in interactive course exports, so learners do not need to install it or connect to a font service. It adds about 0.1 MB to a downloaded course ZIP. If a browser or learning platform prevents the font from loading, the course keeps its original typography and the switch shows “Font could not load”.

Publish or update a course

The setting is included in new SCORM, HTML, xAPI, and cmi5 exports. For a course package you already downloaded or uploaded to an LMS, export it again and replace the old package to include the setting.

Hosted public previews and Dynamic SCORM use Slate’s hosted player and receive the setting when the updated player is available and the course is loaded again. Your course content does not need to change. The reading font is available on every plan; your plan’s usual export and hosting options still apply.