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From: Steve Green
Date: Jun 8, 2019 12:02AM

I am working on a truly horrible e-learning application in which all the text has been implemented using SVG <text> elements. With respect to WCAG success criterion 1.4.5 (Images of Text), would you consider such content to be text or an image of text?

To me, it seems to be in between. The <text> element supports some CSS styles (such as font size), but does not support others (such as line-height), so it cannot be visually customized to the user's requirements.

I would like to say this violates 1.4.5, but I would welcome other opinions.

Regards,
Steve Green
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