Didactica – Typography for children’s didactic books

Abstract

This paper summarizes the results of an undergraduate final research that aimed to the development of a
typeface for didactic books recommended for children in the process of literacy, between 7 and 8 years. It is
believed that the use of such typeface facilitates the process of reading to children, making subtler the
introduction of didactic books to their daily lives, which can result in encouraging the practice of reading. The
methodology research on literacy and children's textbooks, as well the analysis of other typefaces developed
for children.
Based on the research and analysis, a new sans-serif typeface, with peculiar features, was developed, and is
presented throughout this work.