Re: Textual Images vs. Styled Text, Round Two *ding*

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Subject: Comments from WiseWomen Mailing List on Textual Graphics


Len

At 06:28 PM 9/27/00 -0500, Jon Gunderson wrote:
>Kynn and William,
>Could you please take this thread off the UA list.
>
>Thank you
>Jon
>
>
>At 03:43 PM 9/27/2000 -0700, William Loughborough wrote:
>>At 02:50 PM 9/27/00 -0700, Kynn Bartlett wrote:
>>>I think you may have missed _my_ point...
>>
>>Nope. Everyone's missing the "point" - there is no such entity as "image 
>>text". When an image is made of <em><strong>anything </em></strong>it 
>>becomes "image" and must endure the same requirements whether it is an 
>>image of text or an image showing apples vs. oranges. It requires a 
>>textual equivalent.
>>
>>KB::  "I don't think anyone is claiming it's not, so I'm not sure you 
>>need to make this point so forcefully. :)"
>>
>>WL: The reason I'm sure that I do need to make the point "forcefully" is 
>>that somehow it has been allowed to slip by that images of text are a 
>>special case of images. They are not. IMO this also goes for PDF. The 
>>clear purpose of the guidelines applicable to this entire genre is that 
>>if there's any semantics in there it must be teased out. If not, then...
>>
>>--
>>Love.
>>                 ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE
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