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As a result, the reader is only focusing on the highlighted initial letters and lets the brain center complete the word. This allows you to read in supersonic speed.\n\n![Demo GIF](Fast-Font.gif)\n\n## Demo:\n\n[DEMO wich supports live text input](https://Born2Root.github.io/Fast-Font)\n\n[DEMO wich converts a PDF with the fast-reading-fonts](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Sanshruth/Bionic_Reading_Hub)\n\n\nDon't miss to check out our [other font projects!](https://github.com/Born2Root/Feature-Fonts) 👍\n\n---\n\n## ✨ Variations:\n\nAt the moment we have four different variations of the Fast-Font available.\nThe first three are best suited for reading and offer support for the most languages.\nThe Monospaced version is the best fit if you want to use it in an coding environment.\n\n**1. Fast Font with Serifs:**\n   ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4dae6fbf-34da-4492-be71-b04ac12a2a9f)\n\n**2. Fast Font Sans (without Serifs):**\n   ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dea53742-c051-4165-bac9-dabf47b2e5ac)\n\n**3. Fast Font Sans (without Serifs) and Dots as spaces:**\n\nThis Font is inspired by the Space Reading® technique Kam Knight discusses in his book [*\"Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour\"*](https://amzn.to/3U6RYYb).\nThe basic idea is to not concentrate on the single words but looking at the white spaces between every 3-4 words. Paying attention on the spaces prevents the eyes from narrowing the focus, thus we are able to pick up more peripheral information. At the beginning it can be quite challenging focusing on the white spaces. \nThis Font helps you by inserting a litte dot, that is much easier to focus.\n   ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c2614801-77b1-433f-b781-6b8655dbb862)\n\n**4. Fast Font Monospaced:**\n\nMonospaced version intended for use in coding environment.\n![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6292b0b1-d7b4-4a37-8d8b-611dee0c9820)\n\n---\n\n## ⁉️ How to use the Font:\n\n### Use in Software\nIn MS-Word, select the text and enable \"Use Contextual Alternates\" in the OpenType Features.\n\n![M$ Word](word.jpg)\n\nYou can also use it for programming, i.e. in VSCodium.\nJust select your font and set `\"editor.fontLigatures\": true,`.\n\nOr use it as the default font in your browser:\n\n![Example.com with new sans-serif font](browser.jpg)\n\n### Use on Kobo eReader\n\nIf you have a Kobo Reader with KoReader-Extension you can also use it there.\nPlease refer to the [Github Issue](https://github.com/Born2Root/Fast-Font/issues/1) and the  [Corresponding Reddit Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/186y8m7/speedreading_bionic_font_fast_font_working_on/?rdt=54785)\n\n![IMG_20231129_112326774 (1)](https://github.com/Born2Root/Fast-Font/assets/149900376/9d81c868-5fae-4a88-8820-9d7c64959391)\n\n### Use on Kindle\n\nIf you have a Kindle there are 4 easy steps to transfer the Fast-Fonts.\n\n**Step 1:** Connect your Kindle to your computer\nUse a USB cable to connect your Kindle to your computer. Your Kindle should appear as a drive on your computer.\n\n**Step 2:** Transfer the Font Files\nOpen the \"Kindle\" drive on your computer.\nDonwload the fonts from this repository.\nLocate the \"fonts\" folder. If it doesn’t exist, create a new folder and name it \"fonts\".\nCopy the downloaded font files into this folder.\n\n**Step 3:** Safely Eject Your Kindle\nAfter transferring the font files, safely eject your Kindle from your computer to ensure the files are properly saved.\n\n**Step 4:** Select the Font on Your Kindle\nOpen a book on your Kindle.\nTap the top of the screen to access the toolbar.\nTap the \"Aa\" icon to open the display settings.\nGo to the \"Font\" tab and select the Bionic Reading font you installed.\n\nIt seems Kindle handles fonts different depending on the source of the books (bought from the store vs. loaded locally from Calibre).\nIf you are having trouble to get the Font working on Kindle, please refer to the [Github Issue](https://github.com/Born2Root/Fast-Font/issues/8) \n\nATTENTION: Please be aware that only the new Kindles are that easy to handle. If you have an older Kindle (below 5th generation) please refer to the [Github Issue](https://github.com/Born2Root/Fast-Font/issues/8) \n\n## Advantages:\n\n-   free\n-   offline\n-   fast\n-   no (additional) client-side code\n-   compatible with existing programs\n-   privacy respecting\n\n---\n\n## ⚙️ How it works (the technical side):\nAre you interested in the technical aspects of the Fast-Font?\nYou can find a detailed description about the background technology here: [Tech-Guide](https://github.com/ThereOHM/Fast-Font/blob/main/README_Tech.md)\n\n## How to apply the Speed-Reading feature to other Fonts:\n\nApply the shown feature to any font you like. For example, using the [`addfeatures.py` script](https://github.com/simoncozens/test-fonts/blob/master/addfeatures.py).\nIf you prefer an WYSIWYG-Editor I can really recommend \"[FontLab](https://www.fontlab.com/)\", \"[FontCreator](https://www.high-logic.com/font-editor/fontcreator)\" or \"[Font-Forge](https://fontforge.org/)\". \n\nTo give you an introduction on how to do this, you can find an elaborate Tutorial for \"FontLab 7\" here: [Tutorial](https://github.com/Born2Root/Fast-Font/blob/main/README_Tutorial.md)\n\nTo use the font in other languages world wide it is necessary to enrich it with the appropriate characters and their substitution.\nWith about 120 special characters nearly all European languages are covered.\nSee [opentype_feature.fea](opentype_feature.fea) for an elaborate example.\n\n---\n\n## ❤️ Support:\n\nThe fonts stored in this repository are provided free of charge.\nIf you like the project, we would appreciate your support.\n\n[![\"Buy Me A Coffee\"](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/assets/img/custom_images/orange_img.png)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/born2root)\n\n---\n\n## 📖 Additional Information\n\n### Book Recommendations:\n\nIf you want to dive deeper into speed reading I can really recommend the following books.\n\n**English:**\n-   [The Speed Reading Book - Tony Buzan](https://amzn.to/3Edhxl9)\n-   [Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour - Kam Knight](https://amzn.to/3U6RYYb)\n-   [The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading](https://amzn.to/3ClA12m)\n\n**German:**\n-   [Speed Reading fürs Studium - Günther Koch](https://amzn.to/4hcuf2i)\n-   [Bewährte Speed Reading Techniken](https://amzn.to/3WzGZHI)\n\n### Alternative Solutions for Fast-Reading Font:\n\n-   https://github.com/ansh/jiffyreader.com\n-   https://github.com/ahrm/chrome-fastread\n-   https://github.com/boldreader/chrome-extension / https://github.com/akay/firefox-fastread\n-   https://boldreader.github.io/boldreader/\n\n### Useful Links:\n\n-   https://blog.readwise.io/bionic-reading-results/\n-   https://forum.high-logic.com/viewtopic.php?t=6723\n-   https://forum.high-logic.com/viewtopic.php?p=26623#p26623\n-   https://sparanoid.com/lab/opentype-features/\n-   https://simoncozens.github.io/test-fonts/#fallbackplus-regularotf\n-   https://adobe-type-tools.github.io/afdko/OpenTypeFeatureFileSpecification.html#example-3-1\n-   https://www.typenetwork.com/news/article/opentype-at-work-contextual-alternates\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FBorn2Root%2FFast-Font","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2FBorn2Root%2FFast-Font","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FBorn2Root%2FFast-Font/lists"}