- From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 12:04:11 -0600
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CA+=z1WkoJ4m7uJNBn=zGA0RBMVcy_N9YfBtPzjEApfoEeLO1Qg@mail.gmail.com>
updated the understanding document. On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 2:17 AM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > This is great. > > Thank you so very much. > > Kindest Regards, > > Laura > > On Feb 1, 2018 9:59 AM, "Jim Allan" <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote: > >> Effects of Text Spacing on Languages/Scripts >> >> >> >> The SC allows the user to make spacing adjustments. The author needs to >> allow for the adjustments within the SC range without breaking content as >> shown in the examples below. The ability to read and derive meaning from >> the adjusted content rests with the reader. If the increased spacing >> impacts those abilities the user will adjust or they will return to the >> default view. Regardless, they user needs the flexibility to adjust spacing >> within the bounds set in the SC. >> >> >> >> Testing the following pages with the maximum spacing adjustments allowed >> by the SC showed no adverse effects for the roughly 480 languages and >> scripts represented.. >> >> - Languages in their own writing systems >> http://www.geonames.de/languages.html >> <http://www.geonames.de/languages.html> >> - Online Encylopedia of writing systems and languages – language >> names https://www.omniglot.com/language/names.htm and >> - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1) >> https://www.omniglot.com/udhr/index.htm >> <https://www.omniglot.com/udhr/index.htm> >> >> Character Spacing - Individual characters in words remained intact though >> they were spaced a bit further apart. >> >> >> >> Word Spacing – Words were space farther apart. In languages that do not >> have words (e.g. Japanese) applying word spacing had no effect. Which is >> expected. >> >> >> >> Line-height adjustment – Changing line-height did not separate diacritics >> from characters, nor did it adversely impact ascenders and descenders. >> >> -- >> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator >> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired >> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+W.+45th+St.,+Austin,+Texas+78756&entry=gmail&source=g> >> voice 512.206.9315 <(512)%20206-9315> fax: 512.206.9452 >> <(512)%20206-9452> http://www.tsbvi.edu/ >> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 >> > -- Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
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