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So, to counter the point that "fonts only make the web look pretty," consider that font choice has a major impact on how accessible your website is. For exampl
by bovermyer 7y ago
So, to counter the point that "fonts only make the web look pretty," consider that font choice has a major impact on how accessible your website is.
For example, most people don't consider that the W and the M in your font must look distinctly different, and not just vertical mirrors of each other. That is a user inclusion choice, not just a "make it look pretty" or "make it on-brand" choice.
- setr 7y agoWhy "must"? What group is being excluded by this?
- devbat8712 7y agoDyslexics
- polyphonicist 7y ago> For example, most people don't consider that the W and the M in your font must look distinctly different, and not just vertical mirrors of each other. Why isn't relying on default fonts provided by the user's system good enough for that?
- luckylion 7y agoI don't know what specific problem the parent is pointing to, but generally, users don't set up defaults, so you're really using the defaults of the vendor of whatever system the user uses. That may or may not be useful. Tool customization may be where the users and power users are separated - but it's hard to tell who is who when you're just looking at an HTTP request.
- LaGrange 7y ago...rule one of accessibility is let the user configure how they access your content, and you just chose to override that. So that's a pretty weak excuse.
- kevingadd 7y agoThey can still disable custom fonts in their browser if they care. I have them disabled in Chrome.