RE: Re[2]: SC for 'real' text over a busy background image

> Interesting, I'd say that's a maybe. As looking at 1.4.3, I see F83 does call out that the the background image should provide sufficient colour contrast, a better fit. It still doesn't explicitly address the issue of legibility, that may not be due to contrast issues.

SC 1.4.3 is what we have at the A/AA level to address this.  Perhaps readability is a topic for the next WCAG.  Also of note, there has been some discussion in the LVTF about the difference between legibility and readability, etc.

Jonathan


-----Original Message-----
From: josh@interaccess.ie [mailto:josh@interaccess.ie] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7:49 AM
To: Patrick H. Lauke; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Subject: Re[2]: SC for 'real' text over a busy background image

Interesting, I'd say that's a maybe. As looking at 1.4.3, I see F83 does call out that the the background image should provide sufficient colour contrast, a better fit. It still doesn't explicitly address the issue of legibility, that may not be due to contrast issues.
One of the LVTF, if they haven't started looking at this already.

Thanks

Josh


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From: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>
To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Sent: 10/05/2016 12:36:22
Subject: Re: SC for 'real' text over a busy background image

>On 10/05/2016 12:32, josh@interaccess.ie wrote:
>>I'm working with a client and finding text (real text) that is 
>>displayed over a busy background image that obscures its legibility. 
>>Currently I don't see a clear SC for this kind of problem and it seems 
>>to just sit somewhere under the principle that content must be 
>>perceivable. The closest that I see is 1.4.5.
>>Am I missing something?
>
>1.4.3 ?
>
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