- Important note: This Wiki page is edited by participants of the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines working group (UAWG). It does not necessarily represent consensus and it may have incorrect information or information that is not supported by other Working Group participants, WAI, or W3C. It may also have some very useful information.
1.4.2
From WAI UA Wiki
Return to Tests_for_CR
Contents
Status
written 20 October 2014
Author
Jeanne Spellman
Success Criteria
1.4.2 Basic text formatting (by Element): The user can set all of the following characteristics of visually rendered text content for text element types including at least headings, input fields, and links: (Level AA)
- Text size or scale
- Text color and background color, choosing from all platform color options
- Font family, choosing from at least all platform fonts
- Line spacing, choosing from a range with at least three values
- Text style (underline, italic, bold)
Tests
Test Procedure 1
- Identify methods of customizing text formats (e.g. by exploring the UI or consulting Help documentation).
- Open a test document that contains examples of text content.
Sample HTML test document: Text Customization - Change the following characteristics of the text for headings, input fields and links:
- Text scale with preserved size distinctions (e.g. keeping headings proportional to main font)
- Text color and background color, choosing from all platform color options
- Font family, choosing from all installed fonts
- Line spacing, choosing from a range with at least three values
- Refresh the view of the test document
- Check that the customizations in step #3 are rendered
Expected Results 1
- Check #5 is true