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Accessible Font Selection and Usage

1. Sans-Serif Fonts: These fonts are generally more readable on screens. They lack the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes, making the text cleaner and easier to read.
2. Clear and Simple: Choose fonts with clear and distinct characters. Avoid overly decorative fonts.
3. Consistent Spacing: Ensure even spacing between characters, words, and lines to enhance readability.
4. Avoid All Caps: Using all uppercase letters can make text harder to read. Reserve all caps for short headings or emphasis.
5. Sufficient Contrast: Ensure high color contrast between text and background. For online content, federal regulations require a color contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 between text and background. Use webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker to check!

1. Atkinson Hyperlegible: Developed by the Braille Institute, this font features distinct letterforms designed to enhance character recognition and improve readability, especially for low vision readers. This font can be downloaded for free online at https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont.
2. Arial: A widely used sans-serif font known for its simplicity and readability.
3. Verdana: Designed for readability on screens, it has wide letter spacing and clear characters.
4. Tahoma: Another sans-serif font that offers good readability, especially at smaller sizes.
5. Helvetica: A clean and modern sans-serif font that is easy to read.

1. Body Text: Use a minimum of 12-point font size for printed materials and 16 pixels for web content.
2. Headings: Ensure they are larger and distinct from body text to provide clear structure and hierarchy.
3. Large Print Accommodation: Use a minimum font size of 18-point to ensure readability. In some cases, especially for those with more significant vision loss, you might consider using even larger sizes, such as 20-point or 24-point.

Headings should be used to create a clear structure and hierarchy within your content. They should be:

1. Larger: Use a larger font size than the body text to make headings stand out.
2. Bold or Distinct Font: Consider using a bolder weight or a different, but complementary, font to differentiate headings from body text.
3. Consistent Levels: Use a consistent style for each level of heading (e.g., all H1 headings should look the same, all H2 headings should look the same, etc.).
4. Semantic Markup: For online content, use appropriate HTML tags (H1, H2, H3, etc.) to ensure screen readers and other assistive technologies can interpret the document structure correctly.

Line Spacing: Use 1.5 line spacing for body text to improve readability.
Accessible Alternatives: Provide options for users to adjust font size and contrast on digital platforms.

Document Remediation
- To request Document Remediation Services from the Department on Disability, please visit bit.ly/dod-remediation.
Alternative Formats
- To request copies of documents in alternative formats such as braille and large print from the Department on Disability, please email dod-remediation@lacity.org.

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