Level AA
If the technologies being used can achieve the visual presentation, text is used to convey information rather than images of text except for the following:
- Customizable: The image of text can be visually customized to the user’s requirements;
- Essential: A particular presentation of text is essential to the information being conveyed.>
Explanation
Text must not be presented as part of a raster image because it cannot be resized, and it deteriorates in quality when magnified. This means that everyone is able to read and access the content.
Responsibilities
- Design
- QA
Requirements
- Text is not presented as part of a raster image (.gif, .png, .jpg etc.);
- Text is presented using plain text and styled with CSS;
- Text is presented using the SVG
<text>element.
Common mistakes
- Raster images contain text.