Re: Icon fonts - semantic elements

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <
ryladog@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim,
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> In my mind only if that icon font was used as a *control*. 4.1.2 is
> really about interactive elements….my 2 cents…
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​ok, so for
icon-fonts that are links for email, rss, volume, etc
https://css-tricks.com/examples/IconFont/ ​


​that would be a fail of 4.1.2?

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> *From:* Jim Allan [mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 11, 2017 12:56 PM
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> Repsher, Stephen J <stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com>; Glenda Sims <
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> *Subject:* Icon fonts - semantic elements
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> Was drafting the email to html editor about where to file a but about
> specifying the semantic of sprites or icon-fonts so they can be
> programmatically determined.
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> "role" popped into my head.
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> How is using <i>some icon-font stuff</i> not a failure of
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> *4.1.2 Name, Role, Value:* For all user interface components
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#user-interface-componentdef> (including
> but not limited to: form elements, links and components generated by
> scripts), the name <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#namedef> and role
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#roledef> can be programmatically determined
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#programmaticallydetermineddef>; states,
> properties, and values that can be set by the user can be programmatically
> set <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#programmaticallysetdef>; and
> notification of changes to these items is available to user agents
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#useragentdef>, including assistive
> technologies <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#atdef>. (Level A)
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> the icon-font is text but its role is an image shouldn't this fail 4.1.2?
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