This is the nastiest, vilest of the Internet Demons, and their Dark Lord. The Dyslexia Demon Lord affects everyone – not just people with dyslexia.

Effect it has on kids : kids with dyslexia, learning and other difficulties will find it really difficult to read and will give up, quickly!

How to Banish him – set pages out clearly, with short sentences and paragraphs. Be generous with spacing and only justify the left hand side so that words and letters are evenly spaced.

Use bold type for emphasis instead of italics or underlining, and don’t set text against distracting background images or fit it around images.

Use punctuation to assist both readers and listeners using text to speech software.

Where to spot the Dyslexia Dark Lord : in all pages crammed full of justified text, with long sentences, long paragraphs, little punctuation and small margins and spacing.

He really loves CAPITAL CITY, WHERE EVERYTHING IS IN CAPITAL LETTERS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL YOU ARE BEING SHOUTED AT.

He spends lots of time on holiday in Italica, where all the letters lean over and are much harder to read. He loves busy logos and words put over and around images .