I have spent too much of my life staring (generally peering and squinting) at eye charts. It never occurred to me that there was anything special about the font that they use, but it turns out that it isn't a standard font that you'll find on your computer. The LogMAR chart that is used by opticians and ophthalmologists all over the world was originally developed in Australia but has only 10 letters.
Now the typographer Fábio Duarte Martins has developed a complete new font, Optician Sans, based on the font originally used in eye charts. As you'd expect, it's very easy on the eyes, and you don't have to sit in a dark room to use it.
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