Website text accessibility resources

[Tucker (Sarah Tucker)]

Hey!

I’m wondering if anyone has any good resources for do’s and don’ts when it comes to website accessibility fonts?

We’ve had some clients looking to use some really funky fonts on their websites that are not easy to read, and we’d like to be able to have some resources to back up our suggestions to them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[liam (Liam MacLeod)]

Hey there some info here:

WCAG 2 Overview

Here: WCAG compliance checker - Free instant WCAG 2.0 check

And here: The Ultimate Guide to Web Accessibility

Hope this helps

[maria]

Hi Sarah,

Here are some good articles / resources:

• WebAIM: Typefaces and Fonts
• A Guide to Understanding What Makes a Typeface Accessible | by Gareth Ford Williams | The Readability Group | Medium

More generally re typography it’s also worth keeping in mind the following WCAG criteria:
Understanding Success Criterion 1.4.12: Text Spacing (Basically, let people override the line-height, spacing, letter spacing, word spacing)

[Tucker (Sarah Tucker)]

Hi Maria!

These are fab thank you!