lots of people do it, not just people with dyslexia. it helps keep track of where you are when there are large blocks of text. also it usually raises contrast so I’m sure that helps some people even more.
If you’re selecting merely to read, there’s a good chance the text is too small, the lines too long without enough space, the contrast too low, and that would all be addressed by following common web accessibility standards.
Good accessibility is good UI.
16px is commonly considered a good minimum text size for accessibility.
When I outgrew thinking tiny text was cool, I standardized interfaces to render at least that size & found a vast improvement.
lots of people do it, not just people with dyslexia. it helps keep track of where you are when there are large blocks of text. also it usually raises contrast so I’m sure that helps some people even more.
So does the edge of the window & mouse pointer.
If the contrast sucks, then the UI is already broken. There are accessibility standards for
If you’re selecting merely to read, there’s a good chance the text is too small, the lines too long without enough space, the contrast too low, and that would all be addressed by following common web accessibility standards. Good accessibility is good UI.
16px is commonly considered a good minimum text size for accessibility. When I outgrew thinking tiny text was cool, I standardized interfaces to render at least that size & found a vast improvement.