Re: SC #78 'Adapting text', and a question regarding consensus on icon fonts

On 20/04/2017 15:03, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 20/04/2017 14:56, Alastair Campbell wrote:
> [...]
>> However, if a technique were to use the role=img attribute, and the
>> user-scripts incorporate that, then it would be fine.
> [...]
>> Having the SC means we put a stake in the ground about the requirement,
>> and can flesh out the understanding and techniques, to get out of the
>> catch-22.
>
> But isn't the catch-22 still there, just codified? i.e. you'd have a
> normative SC which would require authors to follow one particular
> non-normative technique in order for their icon fonts to be officially
> exempt from the SC?

And to be clear, what I'm getting at is that I'd rather NOT see an 
exemption in the normative SC language at all, and a recommendation in 
the techniques for authors to switch to using inline SVG or similar, 
more robust techniques (as icon fonts are arguably a clever but 
non-semantic hack)

P
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