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Re: Query on heading hierarchy

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From: glen walker
Date: Mar 26, 2018 9:33AM

If I had to audit this site, I would **not** flag the headings as a
violation. The h3's are subheadings under the h2, and the h2 is a
subheading under the h1. The logical structure is available to a screen
reader.

Visually, yes the h2 has a smaller point size than the h3, although it's
using all caps. But that's a design discussion, not an accessibility
discussion.

You could argue it's a cognitive accessibility issue, but you'd have to
provide references on usability studies on why you think that's true. Are
all caps harder to read than mixed case? I think so, but would have to
find credible references on why I think that's so. Does a larger font
imply something is more important than a smaller font? We've kind of been
trained to think that. Look at any consumer good on the market with
packaging with large bold fonts exclaiming the products virtues, and then
the small fine disclaimer print.

If this were the only issue on the website, I would jump for joy. But I
imagine there are more important problems that are causing barriers to
access that would benefit from your time.



On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 3:00 AM, Fernand van Olphen <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> If you take a look at this website: http://inclusivedesignprinciples.org/
>
> The heading "The principles" (h2) is set in a smaller font than the
> headings below, like "Provide comparable experience" (h3). The visual
> weight of the latter is clearly different.
>
> According to 1.3.1, and the discussion in this thread, is this wrong?
> Which, if it is, feels awkward to me, because the headings on this website
> logically follow one another.
>
> Fernand van Olphen
> Accessibility Advisor
> Municipality of the Hague
> De disclaimer van toepassing op e-mail van de gemeente Den Haag vindt u
> op: http://www.denhaag.nl/disclaimer
> > > > >