This is the README for the atkinson package, version 2024-04-23. This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX support for the Atkinson Hyperlegible family of fonts, named after Braille Institute founder, J. Robert Atkinson. What makes it different from traditional typography design is that it focuses on letterform distinction to increase character recognition, ultimately improving readability. To install this package on a TDS-compliant TeX system download the file "tex-archive"/install/fonts/atkinson.tds.zip, where the preferred URL for "tex-archive" is http://mirror.ctan.org. Unzip the archive at the root of an appropriate texmf tree, likely a personal or local tree. If necessary, update the file-name database (e.g., texhash). Update the font-map files by enabling the Map file atkinson.map. To use, add \usepackage{atkinson} to the preamble of your document. This makes Atkinson Hyperlegible the default sans family. To also set Atkinson Hyperlegible as the main text font, use \usepackage[sfdefault]{atkinson} LuaLaTeX and xeLaTeX users who might prefer type1 fonts or who wish to avoid fontspec may use the type1 option. Options scaled= or scale= may be used to adjust the sans fontsizes to match a serifed font. The default figure style is proportional-lining but the following option may be used to get tabular figures: tabular (or t) The following allow for localized use of non-default figure styles: \atkinsonlf{...} (proportional lining) \atkinsontlf{...} (tabular lining) Font encodings supported are OT1, T1, TS1, and LY1. The original opentype fonts are available at https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont and are licensed under the Atkinson Hyperlegible Font License; the text may be found in the doc directory. The type1 versions were created using cfftot1 and named in accordance with the Reserved Typeface Name condition. The support files were created using autoinst and are licensed under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License. The maintainer of this package is Bob Tennent (rdt at cs.queensu.ca)