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Dysfluent

Dysfluent is a non-profit, independent magazine about people who stammer. It was edited, designed and self published by Conor Foran who designed the magazine as part of a final year project. It has been added to the 100 Archive which charts the past, present and future of Irish design by publishing 100 notable communication design projects,

The interviews within, demonstrate that there is power in owning our differences, whether communicative or otherwise. Instead of presenting speech as broken and fragmented as is typically done, the magazine use Dysfluent Mono, a bespoke typeface that emulates the stuttered voice. It stretches and repeats its letterforms, implying that stammered speech is forming and close to completion.

I really love how this magazine is highlighting the vulnerable moments that a person with a stammer experiences. Its not trying to cover up or look at ways people might overcome their stammer but rather it embraces. I love the way the images are treated - almost stuttering across the page. For me, reading this makes this situation much more understandable.