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Re: Question About Script Fonts and Accessibility

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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Feb 17, 2012 8:18AM

2012-02-17 16:56, Elle wrote:

> Are there any specific accessibility guidelines surrounding script fonts?

The obvious problem is the risk of reduced readability. Cultural
differences are an important factor. For example, I know people who can
read Russian conveniently in normal print fonts but have great
difficulties with handwritten text - or in a font simulating that (and I
used to have the same problem). Similarly, if the Latin letters are not
your "native alphabet" and you are not used to writing them by hand or
reading handwritten text, script fonts can reduce understandability.

> We're considering using this web font (http://imgur.com/a/TS8Xj#0)

I can read the headings, to the extent that pig Latin is readable, but
copy text in that size in that font is very inconvenient to read.

> for
> supplementary call-out information, like "Sign up!" or "See more!" where
> the same information is also clearly identified via traditional CTAs like
> button, arrows, etc.

It might work reasonably well, but it really depends on the font, on the
texts (especially length) and on the users - especially whether the text
is in their native language.

Yucca