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Are ugly fonts more memorable?

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New scientific research reveals that students learn better when learning is made harder, specifically when using a font that is more challenging to read.

Neuroscience blogger Jonah Lehrer discusses his own gut feeling that we remember ugly fonts much more easily.


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