Re: WingDings in the navigation links

by "seecurb" <seecurb(at)naspa.net>

 Date:  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:52:49 -0500
 To:  <bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com>,
<hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
 References:  amd
  todo: View Thread, Original
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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