- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 22:41:30 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 21:45:30 -0700 >From: Robin Liston <rliston@home.com> >Subject: Re: [WW] Use of Textual Graphics on Web Pages > >I use graphical text a lot because: > >1) The client usually has some text in his logo which absolutely must match >his printed logo > >2) The chance that most web users will have fonts that I specify on their >computers (other than arial/helevetica, times new roman, courier, and >symbol) are pretty slim, therefore I must make a graphic out of that text. > >3) CSS is still too buggy for me. I only use CSS on Intranet sites or other >sites where I have control on the browsers and fonts installed on each >computer. > >4) I know people with older browsers can't see CSS formatted pages properly >(if at all), I do know they can see graphical text or the ALT tags. > >5) Sometimes I need absolute control how much space "text" should take up. >I then use graphical text. > >6) Sometimes the only graphics on the page are the graphical text nav >buttons. Without the buttons the page would be too text heavy and too boring. > >7) Maybe this has changed... but don't you need to use images (usually >text/images nav buttons) for mouseovers/image swapping? > >9) Looking back on the sites I've done... I've used graphical text on >every one. > > >You have my permission to forward this to the WAI. -- -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.kynn.com/
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