Dyslexia, otherwise known as reading disorder or alexia, is essentially a learning disability that makes it difficult for people to read. Contrary to what some might think, it happens in folks of normal intelligence too.

25-year-old Daniel Britton, a graphic designer in the UK, was diagnosed with dyslexia while studying at the London School of Communications.

When he was younger, however, nobody really figured out why he was having trouble reading, and most people simply assumed that he was either stupid or lazy.

To raise awareness of this condition and show people what it's like to live with dyslexia, Daniel Britton has created a special font that removes about 40% of regular Helvetica letters.

With this much of the letters gone, the reader must really focus and take their time trying to decipher the message. According to Daniel Britton, this is precisely what dyslexics go through.

“I needed to stimulate and recreate the frustration, the embarrassment and the outright effort it is to read the daily type,” the 25-year-old said in an interview, as cited by DM.

If you have a couple of minutes to spare, perhaps you might consider giving it a try yourselves. Just scroll down and try to make sense of the message below to get a better grasp on what it's like for a dyslexic to read.

Remember, it's simply that they need more time to work out scribblings and, therefore, don't read quite as fast as individuals not affected by this learning disability do.

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