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Accessibility, accessibility, accessibility. Are there - Link skips - Dyslexia-friendly typography (no justification, no hyphens, preferably fonts with disti
by kmfrk 12y ago
Accessibility, accessibility, accessibility.
Are there
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- Dyslexia-friendly typography (no justification, no hyphens, preferably fonts with distinct glyphs)
- A colour scheme useable and legible to the huge population of colour-blind people
- Screenreader-friendly HTML
- Closed caption for video - or just transcripts
A lot of fancy-pants projects are absolutely amateurish when it comes to this, and it only really gets their attention, when their JavaScript-only project is penalized by Google's search ranking.
- lugg 12y agoAs someone with (mild) dyslexia I didn't even realise there were people out there making friendly typography so I had a look around, e.g. dyslexie font [1] is a pretty cool read. [1] http://www.dezeen.com/2014/11/09/christian-boer-dyslexie-typeface-dyslexia-easier-reading-istanbul-design-biennial-2014/ http://www.dezeen.com/2014/11/09/christian-boer-dyslexie-typ...
- kmfrk 12y agoYeah, I employ a "Dyslexia" button on my text-heavy blogs that replaces the typeface with OpenDyslexic. Definitely check it out if you don't know about it.
- minikites 12y agoYes! Thank you. Accessibility is much easier if you plan for it from the start and it's very important to have accessible content.
- unit22 12y agoTo add that list: - alternative formats text/media - ARIA and semantics for complex js heavy apps.
- aplummer 12y agoOn this, I've seen job postings on HN asking for all these crazy advanced front-end skills that don't have alt-text for their image-text company logo.
- viewer5 12y ago> Dyslexia-friendly typography (no justification, no hyphens, preferably fonts with distinct glyphs) That's fascinating, I didn't know that was a thing. Could you point out any good resources for learning about it?