Lexend is a collection of seven font families intended to improve reading proficiency. As prescription eyeglasses achieve proficiency for persons with short-sightedness, Lexend's families were developed using Shaver-Troup Formulations . All the Lexend fonts have been upgraded to variable fonts with a weight axis (from Thin to Black) in June 2021, thanks to the efforts of Font Bureau. To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/lexend . For more information, see lexend.com . Clean and clear: making reading easier with Lexend A key factor in reading problems might be hiding in plain sight. Learn how changing fonts can change comprehension. A child struggles to read and understand their homework assignment. An adult re-reads a news article and still doesn’t understand what it’s about. Both readers end up frustrated and feeling like there is something wrong with them. Thankfully there might be a simple answer. Dr. Bonnie Shaver-Troup thinks fonts are part of the problem and the solution to many reading problems. “We have a global reading crisis and we can change much of it by delivering fonts that are optimized for the visual field and for the individual. The answer is hidden in plain sight. It’s the font,” said Shaver-Troup. Change the font, change the outcome While working as an educational therapist in Silicon Valley, Shaver-Troup helped students with dyslexia and other reading problems to learn to read. She experimented by changing the spacing between certain letters in their r