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Font sizes should never be smaller than size 11 or 12

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Accessible Capitalization

Screen readers do not recognize capitalized letters, so there is no point to relying on capital letters to emphasize text.

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Tip

Use capitalizations to show the IMPORTANT text. Be sure to use capitalizations sparingly.

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Accessible Bold,

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Italic, and

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Underlined Text

Screen readers do not recognize bold, italic, or underlined text. They will just read it as if it were normal text. In order to emphasize meaning in the text, you need to create a second way for people to see the text. A good rule of thumb is to use bold text, italics, and underlined text sparingly.

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Tip

This table shows both queues. The screen reader will tell the reader the completed tasks as labeled

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Guide to Highlighting

When highlighting, it is important to be sure it is not the only way to convey meaning. Screen readers will not recognize the highlighted text as highlighted text. So it will only read it as normal text. This will be confusing to someone with visual problems.

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