Accessibilitype! (Web Afternoon)

I gave this talk at Web Afternoon, in Atlanta, Georgia. Additional notes are coming (follow me on Twitter — @erikvorhes — for updates).

1. Accessibilitype! Erik Vorhes · Web Afternoon · 4 October 2013
2. Accessibility is about inclusion.
3. Accessibility is about breaking down barriers.
4. Accessibility is not only about blindness.
5. Guess that typeface!
7. Verdana
9. Georgia
11. Comic Sans
13. [Zapf Dingbats]
14. Accessible Type
15. 1Il 0Ooa ij Helvetica 1Il 0Ooa ij Georgia 1Il 0Ooa ij Lucida Grande 1Il 0Ooa ij Times New Roman 1Il 0Ooa ij Verdana 1Il 0Ooa ij Trebuchet 1Il 0Ooa ij Comic Sans
16. What about webfonts?
23. Accessible Typography
24. • Whitespace • Size • Color & Contrast • Weight
25. In Action
26. The Wife’s Lament Exeter Book, folio 115ª
35. Resources Web Content Accessibility Guidelines http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag.php WebAIM http://webaim.org Colo(u)r Contrast http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker xScope http://xscopeapp.com Typecast http://typecast.com Explorations in Typography http://explorationsintypography.com Butterick’s Practical Typography http://practicaltypography.com
36. Thank you! http://erik.vorh.es @erikvorhes “accessibilitype!” · Web afternoon · atlanta