RE: text as images...

Errata to the errata...

8 is missing an end quote.  There is a quote mark before When an
appropriate..., but no end quote.

Style of paragraphs is not consistent.  1, 2, 6 don't include extra blank
line at the end, where as the other paragraphs do.

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> From: 	Wendy A Chisholm
> Sent: 	Thursday, January 24, 2002 3:42 PM
> To: 	Charles McCathieNevile; gian@stanleymilford.com.au
> Cc: 	w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> Subject: 	Re: text as images...
> 
> Please note that the following appears in the errata for WCAG 1.0:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WAI-WEBCONTENT-ERRATA
> 
> <quote>
> 8. Text in images - clarification of checkpoint 3.1. 
> Added: 3 January 2001 
> Type: Clarification 
> Refers to: Checkpoint 3.1 in 5 May 1999 version. 
> Description (and correction). Checkpoint 3.1 should be reworded to read,
> "When an appropriate markup language exists and is supported, use markup
> rather than raster-based images to convey information. [Priority 2] 
> For example, when supported, use SVG to create graphics, MathML to mark up
> mathematical equations, and CSS for text-oriented special effects. Avoid
> where possible using raster-based images to represent text -- use text and
> style sheets. Raster-based formats such as .gif and .jpeg paint the text
> as a series of pixels. When magnified the text becomes distorted. The
> ability to magnify text is critical for user with low vision.
> You may use text in images when: 
> the text does not convey its literal meaning but has a more graphical
> function, such as a logo and 
> the effect can not be achieved with CSS and 
> you have provided a text equivalent for the image. 
> Refer also to Guideline 1, Guideline 6 and Guideline 11.
> </quote>
> 
> Does this help any?
> 
> --wendy
> 
> 
> At 08:54 PM 1/23/02, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
> >see checkpoint 3.2: When an appropriate markup language exists, use
> markup
> >rather than images to convey information.
> >
> >and the discussion recently, and the discussion on the topic in the
> archives
> >for the end of 2000 - there are a numbner of threads there that are
> relevant.
> >
> >If a navigation bar consists of *images of text* then I think it breaks
> that
> >checkpoint. If it ha  images with it, then I think it doesn't, and in
> >addition it helps fulfill other checkpoints I think are important.
> >
> >As Kynn has pointed out, a page that has a text version (in the rendered
> >content of the page) of text that is also provided in images doesn't
> break
> >the spirit of the checkpoint, but might break the letter...
> >
> >Debating the points is important if we are going to produce a
> specification,
> >and not just be a question-and-answer help list (there is a place for
> that,
> >but I don't believe that is what WCAG is chartered to do).
> >
> >just a thought.
> >
> >chaals
> >
> >On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 gian@stanleymilford.com.au wrote:
> >
> >     (sent too soon!)
> >      
> >      Hi,
> >      
> >     However, nothing I have read has convinced me that having a
> >     navigational bar that consists of images breaks level AA or level
> >     AAA.
> >       
> 
> -- 
> wendy a chisholm
> world wide web consortium 
> web accessibility initiative
> seattle, wa usa
> /--
> 
>