Scientists create new fonts to enhance memory

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have developed a completely new, designed font "using the principles of cognitive psychology" to help people Better memory usage.

Fonts are sans serif typefaces , with two unusual features: slightly tilted, which is a design principle rarely used in typography, and it is full of holes.

Those holes have a purpose. They make the Sans Forgetica font more difficult to read, tricking the user's brain into using "deeper cognitive processing" and promoting better memory storage. The principle of psychological learning is famous for its "difficult desire" and that obstacle - holes - meaning you have to stop a little longer on each word when reading them.

Sans Forgetica font.

The font was created in collaboration with Naked creative agency and RMIT's Office of Design and Behavioral Business.

To find the best fonts to enhance memory, 400 students were exposed to many different fonts. Sans Forgetica shows the biggest leap to enhance memory.

" Sans Forgetica best supports memory because it breaks down enough design principles without making the text too difficult to read, " said Dr. Jo Peryman, president of the RMIT Business Behavior Laboratory .

Although RMIT pioneered the use of this font as a research tool, Dr. Janneke Blijlevens, a founding member of the Behavioral Laboratory, believes that font applications extend beyond the classroom and possibly Help people remember important things in life.

Shopping list, birthday, important date? Please write these in Sans Forgetica font and the brain will remember it longer.