How do I enable dyslexic font?
Choose the image below that looks like the titles in your library's collection.
OverDrive offers a dyslexic font option that's designed to make text easier to read for dyslexic users. You can enable or disable this option using the steps below.
- On your library's OverDrive website, click or tap
, then select Settings.
You'll need to be signed into the site to get to this page. - Under "Display options," select Dyslexic font. Your setting is saved automatically.

Selecting the dyslexic font option will make the text on your library's OverDrive website look like this:
The dyslexic font option is available for ebooks in the OverDrive app for Android, Fire tablets, Chromebook, iOS, and Windows 8/10.
Android, Fire tablets, and Chromebook
- Open a downloaded ebook from your app bookshelf.
- Tap or click the center of the screen in the ebook reader.
- Select
.
- Select Font style.
- Select OpenDyslexic or OpenDyslexic Bold.
iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch)
- Open a downloaded ebook from your app bookshelf.
- Tap the center of the screen in the ebook reader.
- Tap
.
- Select OpenDyslexic or OpenDyslexic Bold under "Font style."
Windows 8/10
- Open a downloaded ebook from your app bookshelf.
- Tap or click the center of the screen in the ebook reader.
- Select the Settings button at the bottom of the screen.
- Select the Font drop-down menu.
- Select Open Dyslexic or Open Dyslexic Bold.
- Open an ebook in your browser using OverDrive Read.
- Open the OverDrive Read menu.

(On a mobile device, tap the middle of the screen to bring up the menu icon.) - Select Reading Settings.
- Select OpenDyslexic under "Book Design."

- Select Done.
- How do I enable dyslexic font?
- How do I enable the high contrast option on my library's OverDrive website?
- OverDrive library websites are compatible with computer screen readers
- The OverDrive app is compatible with native screen readers for Android, iOS, and Windows 8/10
- Using keyboard shortcuts in OverDrive for Windows (desktop)
- Using keyboard shortcuts in OverDrive for Windows 8/10
OverDrive offers a dyslexic font option that's designed to make text easier to read for dyslexic users. You can enable or disable this option using the steps below.
- Sign into your Account on your library's OverDrive website.
- Select your Settings page.
-
Under "Dyslexic Font," choose Off or On. Your setting is saved automatically.

Selecting the dyslexic font option will make the text on your library's OverDrive website look like this:
Note: At any time, you can enable either the high contrast option or the dyslexic font option (but not both) for your library's OverDrive website.
The dyslexic font option is available for ebooks in the OverDrive app for Android, Fire tablets, Chromebook, iOS, and Windows 8/10.
Android, Fire tablets, and Chromebook
- Open a downloaded ebook from your app bookshelf.
- Tap or click the center of the screen in the ebook reader.
- Select
.
- Select Font style.
- Select OpenDyslexic or OpenDyslexic Bold.
iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch)
- Open a downloaded ebook from your app bookshelf.
- Tap the center of the screen in the ebook reader.
- Tap
.
- Select OpenDyslexic or OpenDyslexic Bold under "Font style."
Windows 8/10
- Open a downloaded ebook from your app bookshelf.
- Tap or click the center of the screen in the ebook reader.
- Select the Settings button at the bottom of the screen.
- Select the Font drop-down menu.
- Select Open Dyslexic or Open Dyslexic Bold.
- Open an ebook in your browser using OverDrive Read.
- Open the OverDrive Read menu.

(On a mobile device, tap the middle of the screen to bring up the menu icon.) - Select Reading Settings.
- Select OpenDyslexic under "Book Design."

- Select Done.
- How do I enable dyslexic font?
- How do I enable the high contrast option on my library's OverDrive website?
- OverDrive library websites are compatible with computer screen readers
- The OverDrive app is compatible with native screen readers for Android, iOS, and Windows 8/10
- Using keyboard shortcuts in OverDrive for Windows (desktop)
- Using keyboard shortcuts in OverDrive for Windows 8/10
