Re: Accessibility and Web Fonts

Hi Michael,

This is the first time I’ve heard of SVG font’s being used in that way. Especially considering SVG fonts have been removed from SVG 2.0 and considered a deprecated feature. For example, they were removed from Chrome 37 onwards. Some people with dyslexia that I know replace web fonts altogether, whether that be SVG, OTF. WOFF, or something else doesn’t matter.

Cheers.
—Michiel

> On 24 Nov 2016, at 19:29, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@domblogger.net> wrote:
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> I usually don't do more than specify the broad type of font (e.g. sans-serif) but for a project I am currently working on, I am making use of web fonts.
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> Commercial web fonts came with woff, woff2, and svg
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> However in converting some FLOSS fonts to webfonts - I only made woff and woff2 versions.
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> It was suggested to me that making SVG fonts available is of benefit to people with certain types of dyslexia, apparently they can be rendered in a way that make the dyslexia less of an impact.
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> Is that really the case or do ttf repackaged in woff/woff2 work just as well? And if woff/woff2 do not work just as well, is there anything special that needs to be done when preparing the svg fonts and/or making the client aware they exist?
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> I'm having trouble finding information on it.
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> Thank you for anyone who knows, and happy Thanksgiving to those of us in the United States :)
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