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Re: Question About Script Fonts and Accessibility

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From: Elle
Date: Feb 17, 2012 10:03AM

Thanks, Angela, I will read the article and do some research shortly. One
point of clarification: this isn't going to be used for body copy or
anything lengthy. The goal was that our designers wanted to provided some
personalized looking text that called out already apparent call-to-action
items, like "See more!"


Cheers,
Elle



On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I don't know about font choice and accessibility, but I know I've read
> research on script font and usability in the past. Could not find it
> quickly this morning, but encourage you to research this. My recollection
> is that reading time/comprehension falls with the user of script fonts in
> body text. This alone would make me stay away from it. As an aside, my
> short Google search for you did yield this interesting article about
> perceived "personality" of various script fonts.
>
> http://www.surl.org/usabilitynews/81/PersonalityofFonts.asp
>
> Angela French
>
>
> >Are there any specific accessibility guidelines surrounding script fonts?
> > We're considering using this web font (http://imgur.com/a/TS8Xj#0) 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. Thoughts? We're planning to take this into
> usability
> >testing, too, and get feedback from senior users.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks very much,
> >Elle
> >