JoAnne,
are you talking about the word document on typeface accessibility?
On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 11:42 AM JoAnne Juett <jjuett@salesforce.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 11:40 PM Andrew Somers <me@andysomers.com> wrote:
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>> To add:
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>> Some fonts for readability for various impairments (cognitive included).
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>> *APHont: *
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>> 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.
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>> https://www.wfonts.com/font/aphont
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>> *TIRESIAS:*
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>> I think I like *TIRESIAS INFOFONT *better, among other things lower case
>> rn next to each other, and the lower case l:
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>> https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/tiresias-infofont
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>> 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.
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>> 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/
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>> https://www.opendyslexic.org
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>> Andy
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>> *Andrew Somers*
>> *contact redacted*
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>> On Sep 2, 2019, at 2:03 PM, Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 8:07 AM Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu> wrote:
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>>>
>>> FYI
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>>> 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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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
