Accessibility
At Daniel Love Ltd we are committed to providing an accessible website for people with disabilities. We continue to implement improvements in line with the WCAG 2.2 AA guidelines and applicable laws.
WCAG is a set of technical standards that, when followed, improve the accessibility of web content, websites, and web applications for people with a wide range of disabilities. Many of the guidelines can also be used to improve mobile applications, self-service kiosk software, and other digital experiences. Importantly, following WCAG also helps organisations comply with various legal mandates, like:
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The Equality Act 2010 (UK)
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The European Accessibility Act (EU)
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The Americans with Disabilities Act
ACCESSIBILITY
Daniel Love
The WCAG POUR principles
WCAG is organised by four main principles, which state that content must be perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. They are often referred to by the acronym POUR.
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Perceivable
Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive. For example, it’s important to present information that can be perceived in different ways, where a user can adjust colour contrast or font size, or view captions for videos.
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Operable
User interface components and navigation must be functional for users in ways they can operate. For example, a user must be able to perform required interactions using a keyboard or voice commands, not just using a mouse.
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Understandable
Information and user interface operation must be understandable. For example, information and instructions should be clear and navigation methods should be easy to understand and use.
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Robust
Content must be robust enough that it can interpreted reliably by a wide variety of users and assistive technologies. As technologies evolve, code and content should remain accessible for users of common and current assistive devices and tools.
Colour palette
Strong contrasting colours are used throughout to increase contrast and improve visibility across the site.
Fonts
Merriweather was designed to be a text face that is pleasant to read on screens. It features a very large x height, slightly condensed letterforms, a mild diagonal stress, sturdy serifs and open forms.
Lexend is intended to reduce visual stress and so improve reading performance. Initially it was designed with dyslexia and struggling readers in mind.
Images
All images are digitally captioned with Alt text to help those with visual impairments and for compatibility with screen readers.
Mobile
The desktop site is fully re-formatted for mobile use.