Re: Rivers of white(3.4.4)

thanks for the feedback. as our user need says - users can set their
justification
-  along with the hyphenation, letter and word spacing options we should
have it covered.

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>
wrote:

> Jim, interesting article – although I disagree a little with the
> solution.   Two parts of the solution to get rid of rivers of white and
> keep full justification include the addition of hyphenation and to change
> the font and/or font spacing.  Hyphenation can be problematic for some
> readers and word, letter spacing and specific font faces can be problematic
> as well.  The better solution is likely to not use full justification.  I
> found the font spacing changes in their solution image to be harder to read
> for me as think some of the words or letters were more compressed
> personally than the font in the rivers of white example – although I
> appreciate the removal of the rivers of white.
>
>
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> *From:* Jim Allan [mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2016 12:08 PM
> *To:* public-low-vision-a11y-tf
> *Subject:* Rivers of white(3.4.4)
>
>
>
> A good article, defines user need for dyslexia, screen magnifiers:
> http://www.pws-ltd.com/sections/articles/2009/justified_text.html
> With simple justified text (as seen in the right-hand column above) the
> uneven variation in spacing between words makes the text more difficult to
> read because, instead of moving smoothly along the line, the eye has to
> jump from word to word. For people with certain disabilities such as
> dyslexia the problems can be serious; justification can interfere with
> their ability to understand the text at all
>
> short concise definition and builds in user issue. We could write
> something new, or site this. Would change 'negative space' to "negative
> (white) space"
>
> http://opusdesign.us/graphic-design-tip-removing-rivers-and-working-with-justified-text/
> *Rivers: *Gaps of uneven negative space between words in a paragraph. If
> there are many of these gaps in the paragraph, it looks like a “river” of
> negative space flowing through and it makes text hard to read.
>
>
> --
>
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
>
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
>
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
>



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Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964