Strangely, however: Monotype Corsiva is a font normally reserved for the passive-aggressive throw pillows your aunt has on her leather couch or misattributed “proverbs” shared by your fourth ...

Dyslexic pupils scored an average of 19 per cent higher in a memory test when using Monotype Corsiva compared with an Arial font. The average increase for pupils across all abilities was 13 per cent.

Tim Harford, economist and author of the book 'Messy: How To be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World' believes that ugly fonts like Comic Sans or Monotype Corsiva help you concentrate on ...