Your comments on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Working Draft of December, 2007

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Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact

On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

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Comment 1: How to decide whether it is "large scale text" or not
Source: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2008Jan/0052.html
(Issue ID: 2430)
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Original Comment:
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We've got a problem with the definition of "large scale text". It's
described to be "18 point or 14 point bold" and explained to be of
that size when delivered. So how should I test a page if it meets that
SC after delivery than? And if every font-size is defined in "em" or
"%" which size in px should I as tester assume to be the 100% size?
Another question is what's meant with "point" in that case? Do you
mean "pt" or "px"? Proposed Change: Would be helpful if there is a
clearer definition of what "large scale text" means.
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Response from Working Group:
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If you don't specify the font size, then you can make your assumption
based on the size standard user agents render unspecified fonts. If
the user has an visual disability and is using a non-standard browser,
one can assume that they will have something which is not worse than
standard browsers (or it isn't the authors problem if they do). So,
the author can see whether fonts labeled as H1, for example, will
render as '14 point bold' or higher and use that to determine whether
their text is 'large scale text'.

If you specify the font using relative terms (em or % but not px)-
then you can use a similar means to determine if it will be large
scale text.

To help clarify this, we have added the following note to the definition.

Note: When using text without specifying the font size, the font size
used on major browsers for unspecified text should be used. If H1 is
rendered in 14pt bold or higher on major browsers then it would be
large text. Relative scaling can be calculated from the default sizes
in a similar fashion.

Received on Tuesday, 11 March 2008 00:18:40 UTC