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About Atkinson Hyperlegible Next.

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next, a refined version of Atkinson Hyperlegible, improves on the original in every way. It features new weights, improved kerning, refined curves, added symbols, and additional language support.

Named after the founder of the Braille Institute, Atkinson Hyperlegible Next has been developed specifically to increase legibility for readers with low vision, and to improve reading comprehension.

Having a traditional grotesque sans-serif at its core, it departs from tradition to incorporate unambiguous, distinctive elements—and at times, unexpected forms—always with the goal of increasing character recognition and ultimately improving reading.

To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/atkinson-hyperlegible-next.

From Rebranding to Readability with Atkinson Hyperlegible

Distinct and modern, the Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface aims to deliver both legibility and readability

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment. Major financial burdens can occur when people can’t read fluently or work to their full potential. For example, the WHO estimates that “losses associated with vision impairment from uncorrected myopia and presbyopia alone were estimated to be US$ 244 billion and US$ 25.4 billion, respectively.” Typeface design can help.

When Braille Institute hired Applied Design Works to create a new brand identity and branding strategy to coincide with their 2019 centennial anniversary, the firm looked for a beautiful and functional font specifically designed for improved legibility and readability. Brad Scott and Elliott Scott of Applied Design Works were concerned about typefaces that look a little like old ransom notes, where each letter and number were dramatically different from each other. They wondered if, despite designers’ intentions, these typefaces could actually be more difficult to read for some people. They decided that no existing typeface met their legibility, readability, and branding goals. So they endeavored to create a new typeface called Atkinson Hyperlegible, named after the organization’s founder J. Robert Atkinson. The work would go on to be recognized with a 2019 Fast Company ‘Innovation by Design’ Award.

Designer
Braille Institute, Applied Design Works, Elliott Scott, Megan Eiswerth, Letters From Sweden
Classification
Sans Serif
Coverage
383 languages
Package release
v7
Updated
Mar 3, 2026
Monthly usage
  • npm40,074 downloads last month
  • jsDelivr94,568 requests last month
License
OFL-1.1

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Styles and axes

7 weights · Italic, Normal

Variable axes let you fine-tune the design between the values shown.

  • ItalicAdjust the style from roman to italic.ital · 01 · default 0
  • WeightAdjust the style from lighter to bolder in typographic color, by varying stroke weights, spacing and kerning, and other aspects of the type.wght · 200800 · default 400

OpenType features

Availability can vary between files.

  • Access all alternatesMakes every alternate form in the font available for selection.aalt
  • Case-sensitive formsAdjusts punctuation and symbols to align with capital letters.case
  • Glyph compositionBuilds or separates glyphs so letters and marks shape correctly.ccmp
  • FractionsBuilds diagonal fractions from ordinary numbers.frac
  • KerningFine-tunes the space between specific pairs of characters.kern
  • Localized formsUses character forms appropriate to the selected language or region.locl
  • Mark positioningPositions combining marks relative to their base characters.mark
  • Mark-to-mark positioningPositions combining marks relative to other marks.mkmk
  • OrdinalsUses letterforms designed for ordinal numbers.ordn
  • Proportional figuresUses figures with widths that follow each digit’s shape.pnum
  • SuperscriptUses glyphs designed to sit above the text baseline.sups
  • Tabular figuresUses equal-width figures that align in tables and columns.tnum

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Attribution

Copyright 2020-2024 The Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/atkinson-hyperlegible-next)

Copyright 2020-2024 The Atkinson Hyperlegible Next Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/atkinson-hyperlegible-next)

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Revision
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