Are there any scientific studies that have specifically evaluated the effectiveness of Comic Sans for dyslexic readers?

While there's a lot of anecdotal discussion, rigorous scientific studies specifically evaluating the effectiveness of Comic Sans as a beneficial font for dyslexic readers are limited and often do not provide strong support for its general use. Some studies have investigated features like letter spacing and character distinctiveness, but Comic Sans itself hasn't emerged as a consistently superior or specifically recommended font in robust, peer-reviewed research for the dyslexic population as a whole. Studies that compare it to dedicated dyslexia-friendly fonts often find the latter to be more effective.