Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 09:23:44 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 273885] Accessibility: review use of italicised green monospace in manual pages Message-ID: <bug-273885-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D273885 Bug ID: 273885 Summary: Accessibility: review use of italicised green monospace in manual pages Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Keywords: accessibility Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: Manual Pages Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com CC: doc@FreeBSD.org Today, at first sight, <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dauto-update-system&sektion=3D1= &manpath=3Dfreebsd-ports> appeared wrong.=20 First line (header of the manual content): the italicised green monospace words, immediately adjacent to upright non-green numbers in parentheses.=20 Comparing with a recent capture from <https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/*>, I assume that the change from upright black to italicised green, in headers and footers, = is fairly recent.=20 8th August 2023: <https://web.archive.org/web/20230808175410/http://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.= cgi?query=3Dtcp_bbr&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&manpath=3DFreeBSD+14.0-CURRENT&= arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml> =E2=80=93 upright black. manpath=3Dfreebsd-current for the same page, captured today: <https://web.archive.org/web/20230917091918/https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man= .cgi?query=3Dtcp_bbr&sektion=3D4&manpath=3Dfreebsd-current> =E2=80=93 italicised green. Generally =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Amongst the top five results for <https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=3Daccessibility+monospace+itali= c&cat=3Dweb>:=20 Font - Low Vision Accessibility Task Force <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Font>; Quote:=20 > italic text is often difficult to read with low vision,=20 I find <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dhier&sektion=3D7&manpath=3DFre= eBSD+15.0-CURRENT#HISTORY> particularly difficult, and so on. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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