Quoting the corresponding Wikipedia page, “Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing (leading), and letter-spacing (tracking), as well as adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning)”. The term typography can also refer to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process.
By definition, it is obvious that typography plays a significant role with regards to accessibility; in fact, it can have a significant impact on content legibility and readability. Studies in the literature have also shown that certain typographic choices can have an impact on how easy people with learning difficulties and cognitive disabilities can read and understand written content.
Typography comes into play when designing almost anything: from paper content to digital publications, including web pages, desktop and mobile applications, books, posters, and so on. Unsurprisingly, there are different accessibility guidelines that can help you out making typographic decisions keeping into account these considerations. In this section you can find references to them, as well as pointers to (hopefully useful) tools and additional support resources you can leverage in the process.
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This introductory document from the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) can be seen as an “entry point” to make it through the various (a lot of) accessibility-related standards and supporting documents provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Read moreThis guide from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) introduces the [Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules]({{z ref “act-rules.md” >}}), a set of practical rules that can be used to test the accessibility of a website or application.
Read moreWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) Report Tool is a web service provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to help you “turn your accessibility evaluation findings into a report”.
Read moreThis guide from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) introduces the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM), a methodology that provides guidance on how to evaluate the conformance of a website to WCAG.
Read moreBeing developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 1.0 is a document that provides guidance on evaluating how well websites conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
Read moreThis document from the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium groups the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.
Read moreImagining how people with disabilities use the Web and mobile devices can be hard. Reading all those standards, guidelines, specifications, tutorials and whatnot can be daunting, especially if you cannot make sense of the reason why your web content, mobile or desktop applications must satisfy certain requirements.
Read moreIn this informative tutorial from the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) you can find a list of tools, techniques, strategies, custom settings and whatnot that people with disabilities may use while browsing the Inter.
Read moreThis informative document from the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) explores the wide diversity of people and abilities, illustrating conditions that people with disabilities may face while using your products and services (websites, mobile or desktop applications, etc.
Read moreThere is an abundance of web accessibility evaluation tools out there. They differ in features, how they work, the way in which they show evaluation results, type of issues identified, and many other aspects.
Read moreWeb accessibility evaluation tools are tools you can use to evaluate wether web content (websites or applications) meets accessibility standards and guidelines, identifying actual issues and potential ones; some of them are also designed to be used as development aids.
Read moreThis informative document provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) introduces the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). It explains their purpose, illustrating the reasons why they are important and how they get developed.
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