Re: Please Review: Final draft wording to allow Adapting Text into the Editors Draft

I like it Laura, and *can* live with it.

Katie Haritos-Shea
703-371-5545

On Jul 14, 2017 8:51 AM, "Laura Carlson" <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi John, Greg, Lisa, and Everyone,
>
> After reading the "Adapting Text Units: Spaces, paragraphs, and ems"
> thread [1] and Stephen's latest rationale [2], can anyone not live
> with the following text:
>
> <Start SC Text>
>
> If the technologies being used allow the user agent to adapt style
> properties of text, then no loss of essential content or functionality
> occurs by adapting all of the following:
>
> 1. line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size.
> 2. spacing underneath paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size.
> 3. letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size.
> 4. word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.
>
> Note: Examples of text that are typically not affected by style
> properties are open captions and images of text, which are not
> expected to adapt.
>
> Editor's note: The Working Group seeks to include overriding text
> color, background color, and font-family as part of this SC, but is
> not yet able to identify a way to do so that is sufficiently testable.
>
> <End SC Text>
>
> Can anyone not live with that?
>
> Thank you all very much.
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Laura
>
> [1] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2017JulSep/
> thread.html#msg61
> [2] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2017JulSep/0111.html
>
>
> On 7/13/17, Repsher, Stephen J <stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > That’s actually incorrect with regard to letter and word spacing.  It’s a
> > factor on font size (height in your proposal) just like the rest.  Given
> > that “font height” is not language used in any spec or software I’m aware
> > of, I think we should stick to “font size”, which is universally
> > understood.
> >
> > I still have concerns about testability and the need for testing it at
> all,
> > but we can see what the public says.  One change that I do think we need
> to
> > make is to remove the “(2 lines)” from the 2nd bullet.  It makes it seem
> > like a “line” is equal to the font size, which is not true.  Simplify to:
> >
> > 2. spacing underneath paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size
> >
> > Steve
>
> --
> Laura L. Carlson
>
>

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