- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 22:56:54 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
>From: "Rachel Hamilton-Williams" <rachel@katipo.co.nz> >Organization: Katipo Communications >To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>, > "WiseWomen List" <WiseWomen@chalcedony.com> >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:48:55 +1200 >Subject: Re: [WW] Use of Textual Graphics on Web Pages > >Hi Kynn et al - you are welcome to pass this message on to whomever you >think will find it interesting. > > >Hmm - I had 2 thoughts here - first, yes on the subject of branding, using >special fonts to reinforce/suport a brand can be important. On a "text heavy" >site the menu is an integral part of building a brand, and the fonts >may not be >suitable to do as html text - some examples that come to mind are where >italicised/writing style fonts are used - which look >terrible/illegible when done >using a font/style tags because of the whole aliasing issue, or where the font >isn't available on all/most computers. > >An example of where the font "is* the brand (not mine) >http://www.rivertrout.com/main.html > >And another where a mix of html and graphic text has been used > >http://www.marine.mfe.govt.nz/ > >On that one only the font in the logo, and the font that is italic >in the heading >are graphics - the first because of the spacing and that it's a non standard >forn, and the second because italic html text looks illegible to even the most >able sighted. > >Other things that come to mind are where the "style" of the button (rather >than just the text) is integral to the design. and may have been done to ease >navigation for say new users, or children, and the features of CSS are not >enough to be able to produce that type of button. > >Example : http://hcl.katipo.co.nz/images/kids/rocket_angela.jpg > > - is one that I'm not sure you could produce with CSS > >BTW - that is a demo page only - pre being made "real" > >I'm assuming that we are working from the assumption that CSS actually will >work as advertised. > >Until they do I think that using CSS for this sort of "styling" is >not going to >catch on, because for something as important as the navigation, most >designers consider "close enough" not good enough. > >Cheers >Rachel > > >_____________________________________________________________ > >Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications >WEBMISTRESS ph 025 300 825 or +64 04 389 1285 >mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 7039, Wellington >http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand -- -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.kynn.com/
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