Hey friends! Learning time! ☺️
If you have a name that is in a special font, it REALLY fucks with assistive tech!!
I know this is from the bad place but pls LISTEN TO THIS.
This is what people who use assistive tech hear.
x.com/kentcdodds/s...
For the same reason we use alt text, can I please make a small ask for folks to remove special "fonts" from their usernames? I hesitate to share some folks' requests because their usernames are going to cause serious frustration for folks who rely on assistive tech 😥
Thank you for bringing this to light. I legitimately had no idea specialized text did this. I rarely if ever use it but I’ll def try and make note of it
people should do this but can we also put some pressure on the creators of screen readers to make them able to recognize when words are being made out of special characters?
Absolutely! I encourage people to reach out to companies who make them if they have the time and energy to do so. I don’t know what will come of it but I hope something good ☺️
