Re: Icon fonts - semantic elements

Hi Stephen, Jonathan, Alastair, and all,

On 5/17/17, Repsher, Stephen J <stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com> wrote:

>> In my opinion, SC 1.3.1 is already met by providing aria-label or CSS
>> off-screen text that is near/as subtree of the icon/icon link and conveys
>> the same meaning.
>
> [Steve] Yes but that's 1.1.1 and not 1.3.1, right?

Fundamental question to all:

Do we consider icon fonts to be text or non-text content? The answer
to that may help us sort it out.

The icon fonts definitions that I have found are at:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Icon_Font_with_an_On-Screen_Text_Alternative#Definitions

Kindest Regards,
Laura

-- 
Laura L. Carlson

Received on Wednesday, 17 May 2017 15:01:20 UTC