Hi James, Super response. You're absolutely correct in that sometimes (and LaTeX) is a classic example) odd glyphs are used. For example, "fi" in PDF produced by LaTeX can cause problems.
Definitely interested in how it can be avoided, and you're more than welcome to respond offlist, however it might not be a bad one to post hear. Perhaps frame it in the context of Mac TeX in order to remain on topic? D:) On 9 Nov 2012, at 13:40, JAMES AUSTIN <james.aus...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hello Dónal et al, > On 9 Nov 2012, at 12:46, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> wrote: > It seems to apply weird hyphenation patterns and cause stilted or > interrupted speech. > > I may be wrong here, so please feel free to correct me, but I think that > this problem stems in part, from the use of ligatures. If I remember, these > are italicised finishings to certain letters, also called Serifs. When i > spoke to an Apple Accessibility team member about this, they explained what > they were, and that certain types of font employ them for stylistic reasons. > I.e. They look nice, but they make VoiceOver ignore the space between letters > and words that use them. > > Dónal, if you'd like to write me off-list, I might be able to help you avoid > them in your LaTeX-created PDFs. For everyone else, if you're creating PDFs > yourselves, either from Pages or another word processor, try using fonts > without Serifs, such as Arial or Times. There are others, and you can find > them if you do a Google search for something like "sans serif fonts os x" > > Hope this helps > > Take care > James > > Skype: saulky1984 - If you'd like to chat, please say who you are when > requesting to chat. Thank you. > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
