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Alternatively, choose UI design ideas that don't involve changing the font weight on hover. What's wrong with changing the colour and/or background instead? Or
by jfk13 6y ago
Alternatively, choose UI design ideas that don't involve changing the font weight on hover. What's wrong with changing the colour and/or background instead? Or (for an element like a button) give the element a fixed width that is sufficient for either weight of the text.
Sometimes, if a design idea turns out to cause problems, maybe it's time to reconsider the design.
- carlmr 6y ago>What's wrong with changing the colour and/or background instead? As mentioned in the article, accessibility for the color blind. Which are a sizeable percentage of the population. Color should always only be one of at least two differentiators.
- jfk13 6y agoThis is a pretty weak justification for what seems like it'd usually be a design gimmick. It's perfectly possible for a colour change to be accessible for the colour blind, if you do more than just modify the hue. (Extreme case: change white-on-black to black-on-white. Or more generally, swapping foreground and background colours would usually be adequate, unless there's a serious lack of contrast in the first place.) Or add an underline, or a border around the element. Point is, there are safer options than font-weight; changing weight is pretty fragile unless you tightly control other aspects of the design/content.