Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Touchable Objects at the de Young Museum

De Young museum's ADA Coordinator, Tish Brown, provided me with a list of objects at the de Young that are available to be touched by blind visitors. I visited on April 3, a free admission day, to observe the objects.

Even though the pieces are on permanent display, again, they are to be touched by appointment only.

Stepping Out, 1999, Elizabeth Catlett (b. 1915), laminated Guatamalan mahogany

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Font Accessibility

An introduction to font accessibility
"Accessibility of images is emphasised during web design training, but an equally important issue that is much less discussed is font accessibility. While images require alt text tags to enable the visually impaired to know what is being displayed, well-done font accessibility will make your site more available for everyone."