Re: Icon fonts - semantic elements

I was going to say “image”, and I think the definition of text confirms that: It is not (necessarily) a sequence, and it is not in a human language.

Alternative text (1.1.1) doesn’t help the LV scenario, it is “Information… conveyed through presentation” that needs to be programmatically determined.

It is annoying that:
- 1.3.1 excepts things which “are available in text” which some implementation do have (just not visible text).
- 4.1.2 applies to “user interface components”, and some examples are not interactive, they are informational.

Has there been a ruling previously on whether “available in text” needs to be visible?

Cheers,

-Alastair


On 17/05/2017, 16:08, "Jonathan Avila" <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com> wrote:

    The definition of Text from WCAG 2 is likely relevant.
    
    sequence of characters that can be programmatically determined, where the sequence is expressing something in human language
    
    Jonathan
    
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Laura Carlson [mailto:laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com] 
    Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 11:01 AM
    To: Repsher, Stephen J; Jonathan Avila; Alastair Campbell
    Cc: public-low-vision-a11y-tf
    Subject: 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

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