Re: Typeface suggestions

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
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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
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>
> *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:
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> https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/
>
> https://www.opendyslexic.org
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>
>
> 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
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>> --
>> 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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