To think school handwriting font shouldn’t be used to communicate with parents

[Mumseesall]

My kids’ primary school have introduced a font for all communications that resembles joined up children’s handwriting. The news letter that goes out to all parents has recently been changed to this font and it’s really hard to read. I have to enlarge it to a huge size to find the information that I need and clearly the school staff have gone to some trouble to put in this letter for us so it is important. I’ve mentioned to the school that it would be helpful for all that the newsletter is in a font that everyone can read quickly and easily but the response has been that all comms will be in this font and that it’s to support the children with their handwriting - even comms that are for the parents and not the children. This makes no sense to me but perhaps I am missing something. Has anyone else come across this in other schools? Am I unreasonable to think that all communications should be in a clear font that’s easy to read?

Reading books aimed at primary usually do have the a's nice and round the way everyone teaches them. Please go ahead and make that kind of font widely available to everyone. Honestly, I'd happily see comic sans die as soon as I get a different font that has letters printed the way they're supposed to be. God knows why printers have letters written the wrong way anyway.

It’s a legal requirement to provide information in a way that can be read by anyone

Really? What law is that? How does it work for people who can't read?

@Bluetrews25 a lip speaker sits in front of a deaf person and relays what you are saying so that the deaf person can lip read.

I present quite regularly at a forum that uses them and as a visually impaired person I find it really weird. It looks like the two are having a private deep and meaningful conversation whilst you’re presenting to the group.

Oooh, thanks, FairyBatman. Question answered!

The Accessible Information Standard (just googled) has to be complied with by the NHS and adult social care services. Not schools, though (yet?). But surely it is good practice?

Yes, newsletters should be produced in an easy to read font. Handwriting fonts are bloody awful to read even if you don’t have issues with reading or vision.

There is a primary school near us who use comic sans on their signs, website and on the logos on the school uniforms. We didn’t even bothered visiting it.