Text, as the foundation of a
webpage's content, upon which everything
else rests, needs to especially
meet with accessibility best practises. It
provides consistency,
navigation, information and instructions
for the overall user
experience.
- Do ensure capitalization is minimised
as this makes text harder to read.
Only use where appropriate (eg
acronyms, logos).
- Do ensure strong enough contrast
between text and its background, and
be wary of light shades, especially
grey and yellow.
- Ensure that elements apart from colour
alone are used, such as relevant icons
/ text, when conveying
information.
- Use plain, concise language. Be
consistent throughout the course with
your language, terminology, and page
structure.
- Use technical terms as appropriate but
use them to clarify rather than
obscure explanations.
- Create proper list elements using your
text editor tools.
- Finish each item with a period or
comma as appropriate.
- Provide precise and clear instructions
for any tasks or activities.
- Use heading elements as provided by
your text editor to differentiate
titles from text and to show its
hierarchy.
- Use proper semantic HTML tags
to convey the text's full meaning. Use
<strong> instead of
<b>, using <em> instead of
<i>.
- Page titles should be accurate and
descriptive.
- Be consistent when aligning
text to the left, or to the right, if
it applies, for instance with
right-to-left languages, such as
Arabic.
Remember! Text
responds best to user preferences, such as
browser settings, for
instance to resize or recolour, so
accessible text usage is crucial.