2. Typography
The typography topics in the RGD Accessibility PDF include the following:
- Typographic accessibility
- Typeface selection
- Typesetting
Let’s explore these in more detail.
Typographic accessibility
This section covers vital typographic considerations, including:
- Letters, letterforms, and legibility
- Reading and readability
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Suggested approach
See pages 20-21 of the RGD Accessibility PDF.
Typeface selection
Typeface selection covers considerations that impact people with vision or reading difficulties, including typographic:
- Style
- Stance
- Width
- Character width variation
- Stroke contrast
- Weight
- Counter forms
- Apertures
- X-height
- And more
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Suggested approach
See pages 21-26 of the RGD Accessibility PDF.
Typesetting
Typesetting expands on typeface selection to cover ways that designers can manipulate type, including:
- Size
- Character spacing
- Line, paragraph, and column spacing
- Line length and columns
- Text alignment
- And more
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Suggested additional resources
See pages 27-32 of the RGD Accessibility PDF.