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Re: Script fonts within a graphic and 508 compliance

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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: May 3, 2013 10:14AM

2013-05-03 18:21, Strange, Lainie wrote:

> The user is stating that because the font is
> in script, it is not 508 compliant.

There is nothing in 508 about such things. But you can ask the user to
specify which 508 rule they think is violated here.

> I've been digging and can't really seem to find anything in Section
> 508 that directs me to say this is non-compliant. I know their
> complaint is probably directed more towards low-vision users.

Whether a script font is good for accessibility is a different question;
508 only deals with a relatively small set of accessibility rules that
can be specified reasonably clearly and objectively. Readability of
fonts is something different.

Yucca