- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:04:41 -0400
- To: Marshall Jansen <marshall@hwg.org>, Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>, Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Cc: "'w3c-wai-gl@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, Cynthia Shelly <cyns@whatuwant.net>
At 07:00 AM 10/24/00 -0500, Marshall Jansen wrote: > Len's solution (this is the mixture of graphics, text, and css to > show a parts of the logo as a graphic, and the rest as css, right?) but > anyway, Len's solution simply won't be acceptable to the majority of people. Marshall, You were copied into the middle of this discussion I guess. I wasn't trying to use HTML text in logo. I agree with you that's a problem... in fact I may object to it even more strongly than you do, since I suspect it goes beyond aesthetics, and endangers the logo copyright (although I'm trying to get a better legal opinion on this). So I've advocated all long that logos, especially logos used as trademarks, are exceptions. My point is that it's often possible... and many big time sites do this already... to restrict images of text to logos, and perhaps a few headings or links that incorporate the logo or the specific logo font... and use HTML text with commonly available fonts and colors in a manner that coordinates with the logo. This presents an overall look that supports the brand, while maximizing accessibility, and offering other advantages as well....faster loading, less web traffic, and easier internationalization and maintenance. Len -- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Institute on Disabilities/UAP and Dept. of Electrical Engineering at Temple University (215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY) http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday mailto:kasday@acm.org Chair, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Evaluation and Repair Tools Group http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/IG/ The WAVE web page accessibility evaluation assistant: http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/
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