Image Credit : Vatány Szabolcs
Project Overview
Focus Ex is a tool that helps users to read digital texts. It was primarily designed based on the needs of people with ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the collective term for a group of neurological symptoms causing much difficulty in everyday functioning. One of the most characteristic symptoms of ADHD is the difficulty to maintain focus, especially during reading.
Organisation
Team
Project Supervisor: Balázs Vargha
Consultant: Bence Simon Péter
Project Brief
This project serves as my thesis or diploma work for my master’s degree at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME).
The project contains a special font that was designed specifically to help focus. The proportions of the letters are designed for the best readability. The special Focus weight is an optical size. This focus weight can serve as a highlighter when using the generative qualities of the variable letters.
The Focus Sans typeface was created specifically for this project. The proportions and shape of the letters were designed for the comfort of reading. The letter-spacing is larger than the regular spacing and while it makes the reading speed slower, it makes the text more legible and helps with comprehension. The Focus weight of the letter is of an atypical optical size and practically works as optical zoom.
Project Need
Nowadays most people read a lot on different handheld devices so I created a mobile app that can interact with websites through a browser app, although the extension is designed first and foremost for desktop browsers.
This tool is a browser extension that makes websites with more complicated writing and calligraphy more readable. Its main function is the Focus mode which transforms the font of websites’ text, for example it transforms the weight of the font by hover over the words which has an interactive aspect to it. This effect makes the reading speed slower but raises the reading comprehension and it can be customized for everyone’s personal need.
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Digital - Community
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