Interesting that the memo claims that sans serif fonts are preferred to serif fonts for screen reader users and people with disabilities. I thought the exact opposite was true. Is there any definitive research on which type of font is more accessible?

"Results showed a small, but significant advantage in response times for words written in a sans serif font."

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20445911.2011.5...

"Sans serif, monospaced and roman font styles significantly improved the reading performance over serif, proportional and italic fonts."

https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2513383.2513447

and here a whole book about that question

https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53344

Dyslexia associations have recommended Comic Sans as a font that allows for easier reading comprehension. Experts say that opposition to Comic Sans is ableist: https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/the-reason-comic-sans-is-a-pu...

I, for one, think all State Dept cables should henceforth be transmitted in Comic Sans, so as to provide maximum accessibility.

While I really hope the claim that hating on Comic Sans being ableist is facetious, I do kinda like the font, and use Fantasque Sans[^1] in my terminal.

[^1]: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans