{"id":11566,"date":"2023-06-04T18:52:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T16:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/?p=11566"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:50:30","slug":"police-luciole-ameliore-lecture-pour-malvoyants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/en\/police-luciole-ameliore-lecture-pour-malvoyants\/","title":{"rendered":"Luciole font improves reading for visually impaired people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luciole-vision.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Luciole<\/strong><\/a> is <strong>a typeface specially designed for the visually impaired and visually impaired.<\/strong> Born from a two-year collaboration between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctrdv.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional Technical Centre for Visual Deficiency<\/a> and the typographic design studio <a href=\"https:\/\/typographies.fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">typographies.fr<\/a>, this project was supported by the Swiss Ceres Foundation and the DIPHE laboratory of the Universit\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re Lyon 2\u200b.<\/p>\n<p>Let them all be thanked here, because the result is really great. The Luciole font is <a href=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/3-polices-de-caracteres-concues-pour-les-malvoyants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the few typefaces<\/a> designed, thought out, tested for a visually impaired audience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11568\" src=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_luciole.jpg\" alt=\"Luciole\" width=\"820\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_luciole.jpg 820w, https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_luciole-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_luciole-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ab1642be0de9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ab1642be0de9\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/en\/police-luciole-ameliore-lecture-pour-malvoyants\/#Les_atouts_majeurs_de_la_police_Luciole_pour_malvoyants_Polyvalence_et_efficacite\" >The major strengths of the Luciole police for the visually impaired: Versatility and efficiency<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/en\/police-luciole-ameliore-lecture-pour-malvoyants\/#Une_police_decriture_testee_et_approuvee_par_les_lecteurs_malvoyants\" >A typeface tested and approved by visually impaired readers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/en\/police-luciole-ameliore-lecture-pour-malvoyants\/#Luciole_est_gratuite_sous_licence_Creative_Commons\" >Luciole is free under Creative Commons license<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/en\/police-luciole-ameliore-lecture-pour-malvoyants\/#Des_questions_que_vous_vous_posez_peut-etre_sur_la_police_Luciole\" >Questions You May Have About the Luciole Police<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Les_atouts_majeurs_de_la_police_Luciole_pour_malvoyants_Polyvalence_et_efficacite\"><\/span>The major strengths of the Luciole police for the visually impaired: Versatility and efficiency<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each style of the Luciole font contains more than 700 characters, making it possible to<strong>write almost all European languages.<\/strong> The font also includes many Greek and mathematical symbols for scientific notation. <strong>Luciole\u2019s aim is to make it easier for visually impaired students to read<\/strong> and efficient use by \u200b publishing professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The Luciole font was created following a dozen specific design criteria to provide the best reading experience possible for visually impaired people. Particular care was taken in drawing numbers, mathematical signs and \u200b punctuation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11569\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11569\" class=\"wp-image-11569\" src=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_malvoyants-1024x833.jpg\" alt=\"Visually impaired police\" width=\"665\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_malvoyants-1024x833.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_malvoyants-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_malvoyants-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/police_malvoyants.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luciole. Typography for the visually impaired<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Une_police_decriture_testee_et_approuvee_par_les_lecteurs_malvoyants\"><\/span>A typeface tested and approved by visually impaired readers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Following the Luciole project, three studies based on reading tests were conducted with visually impaired students or adults. These three studies all came to the same conclusion: a preference of visually impaired readers in favour of Luciole \u200b.<\/p>\n<p>You can do a police test directly on the Luciole-Vision website without having to download it to your computer.<\/p>\n<p>The Luciole Police is one of the best <a title=\"Beautiful Allure. The best cursive font for school\" href=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/belle-allure-police-caracteres-cursive-pour-lecole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fonts for the visually impaired<\/a>. Moreover, it is widely used by specialist reference publishers, but also by transcribers, teachers and \u200b developers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11570\" src=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/typo_deficients_visuels.jpg\" alt=\"Typography Luciole\" width=\"449\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/typo_deficients_visuels.jpg 449w, https:\/\/outilstice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/typo_deficients_visuels-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Luciole_est_gratuite_sous_licence_Creative_Commons\"><\/span>Luciole is free under Creative Commons license<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luciole-vision.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Luciole<\/strong><\/a> is available for download under a Creative Commons Attribution license, which covers <strong>the use (including commercial use) and distribution of the policy free of charge.<\/strong> Just download the fonts and move the files to the appropriate Fonts folder on your \u200b computer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Luciole is an excellent and inclusive resource that has the advantage of improving the readability of texts for all audiences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Des_questions_que_vous_vous_posez_peut-etre_sur_la_police_Luciole\"><\/span>Questions You May Have About the Luciole Police<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>What is the Luciole police?<\/strong><br \/>\nLuciole is a typeface designed specifically for visually impaired people. It was developed by the Regional Technical Center for Visual Deficiency and the typographies.fr studio.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How was the Luciole police conceived?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Luciole font was designed following a dozen specific design criteria to provide the best reading experience possible for visually impaired people. Particular care was taken in drawing numbers, mathematical signs and punctuation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How can I get the Luciole policy?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Luciole font is available for free download under a Creative Commons Attribution license. It may also be used for commercial purposes.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>How to install Luciole font on Mac or PC?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong>To install the Luciole font (or any other font for that matter) on your computer, follow the steps below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the Luciole font file.<\/li>\n<li>Double-click the downloaded file to open it.<\/li>\n<li>A preview of the font will be displayed. Click on the \u2018Install font\u2019 button in the lower right corner of the preview window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On PC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the Luciole font file.<\/li>\n<li>Open Control Panel.<\/li>\n<li>Click on \"Appearance and personalization\".<\/li>\n<li>Click on \"Polices\".<\/li>\n<li>In the \"Fonts\" window, choose \"File\" from the menu, and then select \"Install a new font\".<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the folder where you saved the Luciole font file, select it and click \u2018OK\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luciole is a typeface specially designed for the visually impaired and visually impaired. 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