Cameron Moll is a designer, speaker, and author living in Sarasota, Florida (United States) with his wife and four sons. He's the founder of 
Tuesday 21 December 2010
Typefaces for Dyslexia →
Ian Litterick, an assistive technology specialist (from what I can tell):
Serif fonts, with their ‘ticks’ and ‘tails’ at the end of most strokes (as found in traditional print fonts such as Georgia or Times New Roman), tend to obscure the shapes of letters, so sans-serif fonts are generally preferred. Many dyslexic people also find it easier to read a font that looks similar to hand writing as they are familiar with this style, and some teachers prefer them. However these types of fonts can lead to confusion with some letter combinations, such as ‘oa’ and ‘oo’; ‘rn’ and ‘m’.
The size of the ascenders and descenders of letters (the ‘stems’ on letters like p and b) is also important as many dyslexic readers rely on recalling the visual shape of a word due to poor phonological awareness. If ascenders and descenders are too short the shape of the word is more difficult to identify and can make reading slower and less accurate.
A line at the end of the article suggests this was written at least four years ago. So while the list of typefaces could use an update (especially with the advent of web font embedding), the advice regarding readable type for those with dyslexia seems perfectly relevant today.
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