RE: Unicode characters used as images

Hi Sarah,

you might be looking for technique H86 
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/html/H86

Jan

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> From: Ms J <ms.jflz.woop@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 2:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: Unicode characters used as images
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> Ah fab, thank you Patrick - I thought of the parallel with ASCII art but I didn't
> know that failed 1.1.1 as I've not actually seen that on a website but I see
> unicode characters used incorrectly quite frequently so it's good to know text
> can fail non-text content when it's used in a non-text context.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Sarah
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> From: Ms J <ms.jflz.woop@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 1:13:26 PM
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> Subject: Re: Unicode characters used as images
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> Sorry for following up immediately, I just wanted to clarify that I didn't consider
> 1.1.1 because it is literally text content, but that does feel like a loophole has
> they are using it as non-text content: for its physical characteristics and not its
> semantic text meaning
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sarah
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> From: Ms J <ms.jflz.woop@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 12:53:59 PM
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> Subject: Unicode characters used as images
> 
> Hello
> 
> If I had a shopping list and each item had a 'cross' next to it to indicate it was
> completed but the unicode 'heavy multiplication x' character was used for the
> cross, is this a failure of any sc?
> 
> They're basically using a text character like an image because they're using it
> for its physical characteristics, but they're not marking it up as an image (for
> example with an aria img role) and giving it an alt. It's read with JAWS as
> 'heavy multiplication x'.
> 
> My thoughts are - could it fail name, role, value because it's used as an image
> but doesnt have that role?
> Could it fail info and relationships because it coveys information visually but
> not programmatically? (But then thats like saying images with unclear alts
> should fail 1.3.1) I don't think it fails sensory characteristics because there's no
> corresponding instructions that refer to it by its appearance
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sarah
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Received on Monday, 5 February 2024 13:38:11 UTC