Speaker Ann Bessemans

Ann Bessemans (Hasselt, Belgium)  is a legibility expert and typographic designer who founded the READSEARCH research group at PXL-MAD School of Arts and Hasselt University, where she also teaches and directs the international Master’s program Reading Type & Typography. With a PhD (under the supervision of Gerard Unger) from Leiden and Hasselt Universities, her data-driven legibility research, supported by multiple Microsoft grants, aims to improve typeface design for diverse reading needs, including those with impairments. She actively engages in various academic and research roles, actively participating as a board of director at ATypI.