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  To help all types of learners, Google Docs , Google Sheets and Google Slides now h ave a series of new fonts aimed to improve reading speed.  The Google Fonts team has teamed up with Thomas Jockin to create a series of fonts that are aimed at improving reading speed. To learn more about the research behind this initiative, see here for more details . The Lexend font is free for all Google Docs users it is :  A sans-serif font to reduce cognitive noise Expanded scaling t o improve potential for character recognition Hyper-expansion of character spacing, which creates a greater lag time and reduces potential crowding and masking effects  Here I am using the Lexend Deca font at 12 points. When you are reading this part of the text you can decide if is more comfortable.  Input your text and get the settings just right with this easy contrast checker. Thomas Jockin began formulating an advanced set of typographic variables to ...

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