Fonts for Accessibility with Eleni Beveratou

What makes an accessible typeface? And how can we improve typography in regard to web accessibility? Together with my guest, type designer Eleni Beveratou, I will answer these and other questions in a fun and easygoing live stream on March 19, 2024. Watch the trailer

LIVE on March 19, 2024

6 pm CET / 1 pm ET / 10 am PT
Watch on YouTube

We will discuss

• The difference between legibility and readability
• What makes an accessible typeface?
• If Arial and Comic Sans are really superior?
• Should we use fonts for dyslexic people in our designs more often?
• How you can f*** up the most accessible typeface by using it inaccurately.

Eleni Beveratou

Eleni Beveratou, is a type designer from Greece. She is working as Creative Director at Dalton Maag, and has a particular interest in the science of reading, accessibility and its impact on type design. She caught my attention when I listened to her at Diana Varma’s Talk Paper Scissors podcast. There she talked about likability, readability and legibility. In my conversation with her, I want to go deeper on the subject of type design for accessibility and bust some myths along the way.