[thelist] WAI Content Guideline Checkpoint 3.1

[Martin]

Zachary Mutrux wrote on 7/8/00 10:13 pm

>I have come to the conclusion that the answer to my question is "yes, in
>order to achieve Conformance Level 'Double-A,' one may not use text images
>in a Web site.
>
>Martin said of checkpoint 3.1,
>
>> Ah, but 'appropriate' is an interpretable standard.
>
>The WAI provides a specific example that seems pretty clear:
>
><http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/#gl-structure-presentation>
>"...avoid using images to represent text -- use text and style sheets
>instead. Refer also to guideline 6 and guideline 11."

But it still doesn't say "Don't use" - avoid is still interpretable.

My take is that for normal headings, where the text has structural 
meaning,
sure, use text & stylesheets. But for logos etc where the visual 
presentation
is an integral part of the thing, then images could be OK if handled 
properly.

Cheers
Martin

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