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Comment LC-798: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: Joe Clark 1 <joeclark@joeclark.org>; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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From http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2006May/0120.html

Using an image for "0m" (circle mark) or "Ã—" (cross mark) instead of text and providing alternative text for the image which describes the meaning of its mark

Those circle and cross marks are text. Even the Understanding document itself uses them as such. (The "cross mark" is incorrectly chosen. What is depicted is a [7]multiplication symbol.) WAI may wish to look at Unicode characters like U+2611 BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK.; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMC] [] The HTML for the Unicode symbols are ☑ and &#x2612 (the checkmark and cross mark in a box, respectively) are &#x2611 and &#x2611. Here is the HTML for the images which can be used as and example in the technique: <img src=â€?ballotcheck.jpgâ€? alt=â€?ballot box with checkâ€?> and <img src=â€?ballotcross.jpgâ€? alt=â€?ballot box with Xâ€?> Image files are attached here: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag-teamc/2006Oct/0005.html Discussed in the 19 October 2006 telecon: resolution: accept LC-798 with edits http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2006/10/19-wai-wcag-minutes.html {accept} DONE Update the proposed technique title in HTM 1.3.5 to: Using an image with a text alternative for graphical symbols instead of a Unicode font glyph with the desired graphical appearance but different meaning. (future link) XML source updated 16 January 2007.; Resolution: We have reworded the technique title to distinguish between an image of a graphical symbol and a font glyph that happens to have the same appearance but a different meaning.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)