[ic-typography] look into a different font family
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- TypeScript
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Description
### Summary
While researching https://github.com/mi6/ic-ui-kit/issues/3675 I found that the font family we use might not be the best, so we should research other fonts to use. This [article](https://medium.com/the-readability-group/a-guide-to-understanding-what-makes-a-typeface-accessible-and-how-to-make-informed-decisions-9e5c0b9040a0) suggests that Helvetica Neue isn’t great and also mentions using a font that has a distinction between capital i and lowercase L, which ours doesn’t
### 💬 Description
Our font is currently like this:
And we use Helvetica Neue:
We should look to see if there's a more accessible font for dyslexia.
### 💰 Use value
Easier to read guidance on our site, as well as content in customers' apps.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Read issue #3675 and the linked accessibility article, then inspect where Helvetica Neue is configured in the UI kit. Compare candidate font families against the stated dyslexia and character-distinction criteria; done means documenting a justified font recommendation for the site and customer apps.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- accessibility, design, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100