How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ignore WCAG
Summary of Images of Text
- Use text to show text
- Don't use images to show text
Key Terms in Images of Text
- visually customized
- The font, size, color, and background of the text can be set
- essential
- useless without it
Exceptions to Images of Text
- Customizable
- The image of text can be customized by the user
- Essential
- The image is essential
Examples
- Logos with text
- Branding
- Representation of a font family
- Representation of a historical letter or document
- Font not widely available
- Customizable image text
- Dynamically generated images that can be modified