5.4 Images of text should be avoided

Images of text can cause issues for our visually-impaired users for a few reasons. For low vision or color blind users, text in images can not be enlarged nor can the contrast be modified. Because of that it can be a lot more difficult for these users to read it. For our blind users images of text can not provide structural information. For example if it is used as a title the user will not be aware of this because it can not be implemented as a heading. For these reasons images of text should only be used when required.

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• Images of text are only used when it is a logo or the presentation is essential to the information being conveyed.
• When images of text must be used, the image alt text matches the visible text.