Giving links purpose such that they can be understood when read out of context—a feature many screen readers offer—has long been an accessibility recommendation. It’s comes as part of many accessibility guidelines, including W3C’s WCAG 1.0 and of course also remains part of WCAG 2.0 (§ 2.4).
A common mistake in thinking when approaching accessibility is that […]
I’ve had an excuse to let my inner-child out with my recent tongue piercing as solid foods were off the menu for the past week. So at our recent visit to the supermarket I stashed up on soups and the like—perfect excuse to get some alphabet noodles.
Of course silliness always ensues with alphabet noodles—I was reading […]
Found this via ILT’s latest Sunday Type from fontblog.de:
Comic Jens is a looser and more aesthetic alternative to Comic Sans by Jens Kutilek. With a wholesome set of 303 characters in regular and bold, all available freely under a Creative Commons license in OpenType format no one has an excuse to use Comic Sans anymore.
Check out the […]
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Turning the pages of a 250-year old book has a uniqueness to it that makes it quite different to flipping through what normally sits on my bedside table. Last week a friend kindly gave me the opportunity to peruse a German Lutheran bible, hand made for a Thomas CI Aussen (the “A” could potentially be […]
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