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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