Digital Accessibility – Text Accessibility Items

Text Accessibility Item

• Uses headings throughout document/lesson (in LMS)
• Uses bulleted or numbered lists. Bullets for grouping like items; numbers for steps or number of parts
• Uses text and not images of text (opens new tab)
• All text in the document/lesson can be copied, pasted, and highlighted
• Blinking or moving text does not exist
• Text size, font, and foreground and background colors enhance readability, small font sizes are avoided, usage of bold, italics, and all caps is limited
• Color contrast is easy to read. The color of the text should not conflict with the background (opens new tab).
• Color is not the only method used to convey information³
• Limited number of typefaces, fonts, and font variations used
• Consider the spacing and weight of fonts
• Avoids complex fonts, especially for long sections of text
• Uses a basic, simple, easy to use fonts such as: Verdana (sans serif), Tahoma (sans serif), Arial (sans serif), Georgia (serif), Palatino (serif), Lucida Sans (sans serif—Windows)/Lucida Grande (sans serif—Mac), Book Antiqua (serif), Calibri (sans serif), Times New Roman (serif), Garamond (sans serif)
• Email addresses in the text are fully written out, for example, KLaudicina@div.duke.edu

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