sine qua non also means "most basic" - yes, it is the most critical aspect of accessibility to information, if the information is contained in textual form, but it is only the most primal level of accessibility to be offered.
New techniques, well not actually new, but finally unleashed legally, are being deployed which will allow designers to use any font desired and I'm not so sure that end users will have much control over the display of those fonts embedded in the site. Those font/design techniques, I believe, will dominate web design and could soon make all discussion of font manipulation a mute point, which will drive us towards other solutions, such as whole browser magnification, etc. On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Stuart Foulstone <stu...@bigeasyweb.co.uk>wrote: > sine qua non = indispensible > > On Thu, July 2, 2009 9:27 pm, Rick Faircloth wrote: > >> It is the sine qua non of accessibility > > > > And that's exactly the point I'm trying to make...just addressing the > > font-size issue > > is the most basic form of accomodation possible. We can do better. > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson > > <c...@freeshell.org>wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Rick Faircloth wrote: > >> > >> > But how will you magnify the images and layout as designed for me to > >> view? > >> > Addressing font issues is only the absolute basic attempt to make the > >> web > >> > more accessible...It's important to be able to see "how" something is > >> said > >> > and with > >> > what supporting content and context, rather than just "what" is said. > >> > > >> > Focusing on font-size is quite an antiquated, limited view of > >> accessiblity. > >> > >> It is the sine qua non of accessibility. It's not the only issue, > >> but it is the most basic. > >> > >> > Magnification of entire monitor screens (not just decreasing > >> resolution), > >> > and > >> > browser magnification address all the issues, and in a very satisfying > >> and > >> > simple manner, > >> > rather than asking/requiring web designers/developers to spend > >> countless > >> > hours > >> > trying to code around the issues. > >> > >> There is no issue to code around. The only issue is > >> overspecifying sizes which leads to inaccessible pages. Less is > >> more. > >> > >> -- > >> Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> > >> =================================================================== > >> Author: > >> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) > >> > >> > >> ******************************************************************* > >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > >> ******************************************************************* > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad > > reputation." Henry Kissinger > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." Henry Kissinger ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
