On 6 September 2012 04:40, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 16:37 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> is there any way of requiring web-pages to use larger fonts?
Some web browsers do let you do that. Those with with the extremely
minimal user-interface and configuration options mayn't.
However, do this with caution, and test it out. I've seen pages where
you increase the size of the fonts, only for them to be cropped off. As
the author has specified small fonts constrained inside a fixed-size box
or a form text-field box, which doesn't enlarge with a bigger font size.
Some browsers change font sizing with a zoom feature, which will also
increase the graphics size. That may, or may not, be a desirable
feature.
Incidentally, if you have a problem with a site like this that you
need to use regularly it's worth emailing them to highlight the
problem and also point them to the W3C accessibility pages
http://www.w3.org/standards/webdesign/accessibility
If you're dealing with a UK company it's a legal requirement for them
to address accessibility (while not completely familiar with the law
on this I think it may apply to all UK sites, however a bank would
probably be more concerned about it than some individual blogger).
http://www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/webaccessibility/lawsandstandards/Pa...
Other countries may also have legal requirements for accessibility
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accessibility#Legally_required_web_acces...
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