I gave this talk at Web Afternoon, in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional notes are coming (follow me on Twitter — @erikvorhes — for updates).
Accessibilitype!Erik Vorhes · Web Afternoon · 4 October 2013
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Accessibility isabout inclusion.
Accessibility is aboutbreaking down barriers.
Accessibility is not only about blindness.
Guess that typeface!
Verdana
Georgia
Comic Sans
[Zapf Dingbats]
Accessible Type
1Il 0Ooa ijHelvetica1Il 0Ooa ijGeorgia1Il 0Ooa ijLucida Grande1Il 0Ooa ijTimes New Roman1Il 0Ooa ijVerdana1Il 0Ooa ijTrebuchet1Il 0Ooa ijComic Sans
What about webfonts?
Accessible Typography
• Whitespace• Size• Color & Contrast• Weight
In Action
The Wife’s LamentExeter Book, folio 115ª
ResourcesWeb Content Accessibility Guidelineshttp://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.phpWebAIMhttp://webaim.orgColo(u)r Contrasthttp://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.htmlhttp://webaim.org/resources/contrastcheckerxScopehttp://xscopeapp.comTypecasthttp://typecast.comExplorations in Typographyhttp://explorationsintypography.comButterick’s Practical Typographyhttp://practicaltypography.com
Thank you!http://erik.vorh.es@erikvorhes“accessibilitype!” · Web afternoon · atlanta