What 'font' has a propper 'a' and is good for reading?

[StarOfValkyrie]

tia

could you use comic sans & manually add tails to the ts???

alternatively, buy a mac

did you look up segoe print and MV Boli yet?

BTW is there a specific reason for you wanting this font? If not, I'd say maybe it's not worth getting totally hung up (I mean that nicely!) on the t thing, as DCs will sooner or later learn that all letters have variations - like the different a, g, t etc.

Ponders. That is Exactly what I am doing for now. He is only learning single words so it isn't much effort. Perhaps I can avoid all words with 't' in . Have to change his sister's name though.

And thanks for nobody jumping on me about teaching him to read preschool. I promise we have a VERY good reason for doing this.

MMM Thank you Boli has the wrong a, but Sego is okay-ish. Pobably a bit to curly if I'm honest the little n looks a bit like a capital n to the untrained eye.

It is quite important for ds that he gets the 'correct' version first. I'll probably persist with the manual adjusting for now and then see if I can get that disk for cheaper or borrow from someone.

I see nothing wrong with attempting to teach it preschool! what's your reason though? (just nosey curious_

did you try just Boli? on my computer the one called MV Boli has a proper a.

arial?

Sorry about the Times Roman debacle - trying to remember off the top of my head (was designer in the dim and distant past).
Optima

No, MY MV Boli doesn't have a proper a.

Nor does arial. does it for you cornsilk?
You know, an 'a' without a sun canopy as is shown here!?

opitima still has a canopy a. I want a that looks more like this q but without the tail. dyswim?

DS is SN and he 'wants' to learn to read. We're using it as a bribe to get him to do other stuff that he is rubbish at.

Ha! When you said 'proper a' I assumed you meant traditional < pedant >. In that case, has anyone said Futura?

The 't' is wrong with Futara

This is tough!

fine hand?

Sassoon Primary

oh that must be the one they use for ORT!!!

Do you always have to pay for it though? No free downloads?

Verdana. It's the one they use on MN and it has what you call a 'proper' a!

Montessori free download on this page - is script though, no good?

Verdana has the canopy a, BIWI. Star wants the a like a squat d, as in comic sans (as primary schools teach it to be written)

Berlin Sans FB - curly t, round a, proper curly k too. It's free with Office ...

openoffice has one called 'modern' that looks good, proper a and curly t, you need a fairly large font size but I guess that won't be a problem. Can't do a link, but oo is free to download so worth a look.

Ah. Sorry!

(But would do anything to avoid Comic Sans!)

How about Gill Sans?

Star, if you don't mind closed-in k, then this font might do for you - scroll down til you get to the National Primary Mag - it's a modified form that has the ticks on the t and an open a, but it does have a closed k. It's free.

Or there is this one called teacher penmanship font - the only thing with this one is it doesn't have the tick on the tail of the q. Also free download.

billions of free fonts