Re: Font Size - Accessible Web Design

Wanda,

stop pulling your hair out - there is an *easy* work around:

Do not define the font, or size. You are creating your own road blocks to
accessibility !

Any browser that has been configured to use a special needs devise has
already had preferences set to accommodate those needs. Allowing the
browser to ~use~ those settings without being ' overridden ' by your
declarations will solve your problem regarding this issue.

~Nowhere~ is it written that "font" is a required element ;-).

HTH,
Fuzzy


At 08:27 AM 11/21/01 , Wanda Day wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm an educator by profession, and I know enough about Web design to be
>dangerous. My interest far exceeds my ability. If my questions aren't
>appropriate for this list, suggested resources would be greatly appreciated.
>
>I teach academically talented/gifted 5th-6th grade students, and I'm the Web
>Editor (if you use the term loosely) for a few educational sites and
>internet projects. 
>
>I recently hand-coded a site for the gifted/talented program - CLUE:
>
>    http://www.mecca.org/~graham/violet/
>
>I'm not asking for a site check per se. I realize I need to do a lot more
>tweaking before the site is ready for public viewing. I tried to create
>accessible Web pages in accordance with Section 508 of the
>Rehabilitation Act. Everything went well...until I checked my work on other
>computers =:)
>
>When viewed on iMacs at school (in the library and the computer lab) with
>Netscape 4.7, the smaller font is unreadable. The browser settings are:
>Times - 12, Geneva 10, Use page-specified fonts, including dynamic fonts.
>I've changed the browser settings on the computers in my classroom, but most
>of my colleagues never change any settings.
>
>Since the font tag is deprecated in HTML4 by the W3C, I'm trying to use an
>external stylesheet that will 1) allow viewers the accessibility to change
>font size and 2) provide a readable page with smaller font sizes for the
>viewer who doesn't change settings.
>
>So far, I haven't found a solution for this dilemma. If the page is readable
>with the iMac settings I described, either a stylesheet is used with an
>absolute font size which can't be re-sized...or the deprecated font tag is
>used which can be re-sized. Your feedback and suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Also, my stylesheet specifies a sans-serif font and the iMacs have such
>fonts, but the pages render in Times on the iMacs at school. Is this one of
>the many css quirks with NS 4.7? Is there a workaround?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Wanda 
>
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