Revealed: The new 'unforgettable' font that is proven to FORCE the brain to remember sentences and memorise notes for exams and meetings
- RMIT lecturer and renowned typographer Stephen Banham created a new font
- It was developed in hopes students could learn their test notes more effectively
- It uses an eight degree backward slant and small sections missing from linework
- Students found it 57 per cent easier to remember than reading Arial script
An Australian typographer has created a new font that is virtually 'unforgettable', with an aim of helping students remember their test notes before an exam.
The typeface, which is aptly known as Sans Forgetica, was developed by Stephen Banham and his team at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and tested on 400 pupils.
They were asked to complete a test where information was either presented in Arial or Sans Forgetica and scores came back with 57 per cent memorising text in the newly made font, with 50 per cent memory retention from reading Arial.
The typeface, which is aptly known as Sans Forgetica, was developed by Stephen Banham and his team at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and tested on 400 pupils
Can you read this? Sans Forgetica is made using two components that challenge the brain to form more of the word than they would normally
The creators weren't surprised by the results, given they'd worked so hard to strike a balance between a regular font and one that provokes the brain.
Sans Forgetica is made using two components that challenge the brain to form more of the word than they would normally.
The first of these is a backward slant of exactly eight degrees.
The creators weren't surprised by the results, given they'd worked so hard to strike a balance between a regular font and one that provokes the brain
'The only time you see [the back slant] commonly used is on maps, where they indicate the position of a river. It's quite rare for people to see a back slant,' Mr Banham told Broadsheet.
The slant works in combination with the font's missing pieces, with the designers removing small chunks from each lineface so the reader has to fill in the blanks.
'Your brain instantaneously tries to complete shapes, that's just what we're hardwired to do,' Banham told the publication.
Ultimately it will help students 'remember single sentences and quotes' but it does take considerably longer for them to read than a typical typeface
'So by having gaps in there it almost creates like a little puzzle, a tiny little puzzle for the brain to process and that then triggers memory.'
Ultimately it will help students 'remember single sentences and quotes' but it does take considerably longer for them to read than a typical typeface.
It is available to download on the RMIT website for both Mac and PC users.
