Re: WingDings in the navigation links

O.K. That's us...so does this mean we are not EVER to use that wing-ding
font? It's listed as one of those one should not ever remove, just in case
it is used by someone, right?
please reply to: seecurb(at)bigfoot.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com>
To: <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:22 PM
Subject: RE: WingDings in the navigation links


> In this case, it's the fault of the designer who chooses such an
> inappropriate font for the page.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: seecurb [mailto:seecurb(at)naspa.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:53 PM
> To: Westbrook, Bryan; hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org
> Subject: Re: WingDings in the navigation links
>
>
> So, whose fault is that? After all, the Wing-dings font was not designed
for
> the blind.
> please reply to: seecurb(at)bigfoot.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com>
> To: <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:58 PM
> Subject: RE: WingDings in the navigation links
>
>
> > That is probably one of the worst disability access offenses I've ever
> heard
> > of.
> >
> > Do you realize that to a blind person using an audible reader your
> WingDings
> > (Dingbats to you Mac users) will be read as actual text.  I hate to
think
> > what you could be unintentionally saying to your readers.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jtpolk(at)texas.net [mailto:jtpolk(at)texas.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:02 AM
> > To: hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org
> > Subject: WingDings in the navigation links
> >
> >
> > I have a page that shows up for some users with the top links showing up
> > as the WindDing font. The users that see this are all in a city's
> > network, and no one outside the network can see the problem.
> >
> >
>
>
>

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