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QUESTION: what kind of design choices usually make text or other media inaccessible for you? (For example, use of strong colors, the way the text is displayed, etc.)
@gcupc @shadowfirebird @Anna @Cobalt
I'm not good at front end, but some webfonts seem to be okay for me -- maybe it's the massive payload that tends to go with them that causes the problem.
Seems like there should be something between a light web font and typewriter. Personally I still go with `font family helvetica, verdana` etc… call me a philistine ;)
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@Anna @Cobalt
There's now a CSS font-display property that lets you set the webfont loading strategy. One option is "optional", which means if it doesn't load in 300ms, just skip it.
@shadowfirebird @Anna @Cobalt
Mmmh. I'm looking at this for brutaldon. The webfont (fork-awesome) is used in default mode, and text links are used in fullbrutalism mode. I'm thinking about a bandwidth-saver mode that is independent of the theme, and of course, it won't use a webfont. The question is whether I shall use the closest Unicode character, or whether I shall use full text links.