Re: Objection to Adapting Text

Hi Alastair, Lisa, and all,

WCAG 2.0 has no definition for the word "paragraph". So maybe 2.1
doesn't need one ether?

Regarding Line spacing 1.4.8 Visual Presentation in 2.0 says:

"Line spacing (leading) is at least space-and-a-half within
paragraphs, and paragraph spacing is at least 1.5 times larger than
the line spacing."

So how about if we added a bullet that says:

* spacing between paragraphs to at least 2 (two spaces)

So the metrics would read:

* line spacing (leading) to at least 1.5 (space-and-a-half)
* spacing between paragraphs to at least 2 (two spaces)
* letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 em
* word spacing to at least 0.16 em

Thoughts? Lisa, does that work for you?

Kindest Regards,
Laura

On 7/11/17, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> wrote:
> Hi Laura,
>
> The paragraph spacing one should be ok (I was thinking of the line/border
> spacing one), although in the context of this SC I’m not sure what value it
> is aiming for?
>
> If line spacing (within paragraphs) is increased to 1.5(em), and paragraphs
> spacing is “at least 1.5 times larger than line spacing”, does that mean
> 2.25em of space between paragraphs? (1.5 * 1.5 = 2.25)
>
> If so, let’s just say that, or possibly round down to 2em (2 lines of
> space?) between paragraphs for simplicity.
>
> Also, do we have (or need) a definition of paragraph?
>
> Paragraph is an element used in HTML/PDF/ePub, so an element that should be
> a paragraph but is not would fail 1.3.1, so perhaps that covers it well
> enough?
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Alastair
>
>
> On 10/07/2017, 21:11, "Laura Carlson" <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi Alastair and all,
>
>     On 7/6/17, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> wrote:
>
>     > If we simply add a bullet about spacing around paragraphs (and/or?)
> sections
>     > /regions, we would have to create another SCs-worth of definitions to
> scope
>     > that.
>
>     COGA has an SC that specs paragraph spacing 1.5 times larger than line
> spacing:
>     https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/51
>
>     It likely could be scoped there.
>
>     Kindest Regards,
>     Laura
>
>     --
>     Laura L. Carlson
>
>
>


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Laura L. Carlson