- From: JoAnne Juett <jjuett@salesforce.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 12:42:19 -0400
- To: Andrew Somers <me@andysomers.com>
- Cc: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>, Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>, Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com>
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Am I wrong, or are the pass and fail indicators different from the legend? The way I see them, it looks as though they fail 1.4.1. JoAnne C. Juett. PhD Sr. Accessibility Specialist B2C UX Product Design & Engineering Salesforce.com <http://salesforce.com/> Mobile: 317.410.8784 On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 11:40 PM Andrew Somers <me@andysomers.com> wrote: > To add: > > Some fonts for readability for various impairments (cognitive included). > > *APHont: * > > APH created a font in 2003 for low vision, but to be honest I think there > are some better options. nevertheless, it is called APHont, and is free, > readily downloadable from various font sites. > > https://www.wfonts.com/font/aphont > > > *TIRESIAS:* > > I think I like *TIRESIAS INFOFONT *better, among other things lower case > rn next to each other, and the lower case l: > > https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/tiresias-infofont > > But the fairly standard Verdana and some others also work well — I > particularly like Trebuchet as a more readable alternative to Futura— while > some very popular/common fonts like Helvetica have a few problems. > > > Despite popularity, Helvetica & Arial, have problems. such as I and l, and > rn next to each other: > Related, some fonts for DYSLEXIA have several helpful features: > > https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/ > > https://www.opendyslexic.org > > > > Andy > > *Andrew Somers* > *contact redacted* > > On Sep 2, 2019, at 2:03 PM, Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > This is a pretty good reason to let people choose their typeface. I find > Reith pretty clear, but the I1l distinction is less than I like. I still > choose Verdana or Tahoma for sans-serif and Georgia for serif. However, I > choose large enough see with reflow over all. Tweaking letter spacing and / > or word spacing is helpful too. > Best, Wayne > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 8:07 AM Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote: > >> >> FYI >> >> From COGA and BBC >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator >> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired >> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 >> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ >> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 >> >> >> -- >> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator >> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired >> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 >> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ >> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 >> >> >> -- >> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator >> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired >> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 >> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ >> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 >> > >
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