RE: text scaling How To Meet pages

Hmmmm

Would this outlaw all fine print at the bottom of pages?  (could always meet
the criterion by having a link that would give you a page with the font
larger so maybe that is a good thing.


Gregg
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> From: public-wcag-teamb-request@w3.org
> [mailto:public-wcag-teamb-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Gez Lemon
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:42 AM
> To: Sorcha Moore
> Cc: TeamB
> Subject: Re: text scaling How To Meet pages
>
>
> Hi Sorcha,
>
> On 31/01/07, Sorcha Moore <sorcha@segala.com> wrote:
> > I've just noticed that we did not include the line about
> working from
> > the assumption that the specified font size is readable to
> start with
> > - did we intend to do this?
> >
> > If not a start might be: "Working from the assumption that
> the author
> > has specified a readable size font size, the group feels that ..."
>
> I still have reservations about making assumptions. If we
> make assumptions about text being legible in the first place,
> is there a relevant success criterion to catch text that
> isn't legible to start with? No author would deliberately
> write content that couldn't be read by anyone (and hope it
> was accessible), so there is also the issue as to what
> constitutes a default readable font-size. Maybe we should
> explicitly state a base for the visual acuity in the intent?
>
> The more I think about this, the more I can't help thinking
> that maybe it would be a good idea to add another success
> criterion to ensure rendered content is legible in user
> agents in their standard configuration (for example,
> text-size set at medium). Maybe something like, "visually
> rendered content does not require visual acuity greater than
> 20/40 on the Snellen chart". We could add this to the
> description for 1.4.5 and 1.4.6, but if it was a separate
> success criterion, it would negate the need for an explicit
> assumption, and make it easier to expand on issues such as
> the standard configuration of a user agent.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gez
>
>
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