Raymond Schwartz

Human, husband, father, drummer, digital accessibility advocate, web designer/developer

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

@aardrian Correct: Inserted by developers when needed.

Correction: ` ` is the most known/appropriate named entity for a space. These are also spaces:
ensp
emsp
emsp13
emsp14
thinsp
hairsp
numsp
puncsp
ZeroWidthSpace
MediumSpace

If only something like `&space;` mapped to ` `

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

When scanning for the most played song, I thought it was "Us and Them," since its number took up the most horizontal space, but it was actually "Money." If these numbers were set using font-variant-numeric, I wouldn't have made that mistake. @SpotifyCares

https://t.co/8145br8pA0

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

@typesetting

[Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯 @aardrian]

Hating Comic Sans is NOT ableist. It is an ugly typeface. As are OpenDyslexic, Dyslexie, & others.

That some with dyslexia find those fonts easier to read is awesome; it would be ableist to make fun of that.

Comic Sans is certainly not a ‘public good’.
https://t.co/omUpOlH5Yz

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

Thankfully, because of @RWD, I didn’t need to do anything when Google switched my site to Mobile First Indexing. And a good thing too since, as far as I can recall, today is the first time I’m seeing this notice about my switch date of almost two years ago.

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

All text doesn’t belong in a paragraph tag. And inheriting paragraph styling isn’t always desirable.

[The HTML Police @HTMLPolice]

I'm a paragraph.

<div>I'm also a paragraph</div>

<p>I'm explicitly a paragraph</p>

https://t.co/yQ0ThWLiuk

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

@dreamweaver Is it possible to opt out of new CSS files containing @ charset "UTF-8"; /* CSS Document */ by default? Declaring charset in HTML nullifies it in CSS. I always remove the comment since it’s redundant with both content and file extension.
https://t.co/72GtWSNPOJ

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

Relative links would avoid this, and other, issues.

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

.@CDCgov 5 links are broken on this page:

https://t.co/Egxl8ab2HH

because they begin with wwwdev. instead of www.

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

@_csilverman SPOF

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

I just donated to the Internet Archive, the world's largest digital library and home of the Wayback Machine. Right now there's a 2-to-1 match. Join me and chip in what you can! https://t.co/6WSDNzCUYG

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

Let devices dictate font size by using 100%. As a general rule, that’s your minimum. Scale up from there. O/W you risk *all* readers needing to zoom.

cc/@typesetting #a11y #typography

[Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯 @aardrian]

I appreciate that people want to fiddle with responsive typography. Sadly, many efforts mess with users who zoom.

Maybe try this first:

body { font-size: 100%; } (or do not set it at all)

Set type size in following styles in ems, rems, or %. Ideally never a value below 1/100%.

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

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[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

Ironically, yes, I need help. #a11y

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

Comic Sans is not a joke, through the lens of accessibility.
https://t.co/uKTmVNiDRu
#a11y #typography

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

Technology, flexible workplaces, and low unemployment cited for recent uptick in employment rates for Americans with disabilities. #a11y

[Reuters @Reuters]

Americans with disabilities have been joining the workforce at a faster pace than those without disabilities https://t.co/A5Bdc1d2TF

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

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[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

@brad_frost Norm MacDonald. “She was a good, good girl.” https://t.co/4ohWVe8v2B

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

The result of opinionated, web-centric, inflexible software. #BestPractices #SemanticWeb

[Raymond Schwartz @skeeter]

If the “best possible experience” is being offered through the use of cookies, and the pop-up for accepting them repeatedly shows up on every page, then your use of cookies is not giving me said experience. #UX