Designing for the Vision-Impaired
Browse resources that address color and design issues related to visual perception. Discover how to use color effectively in graphic design and desktop publishing for audiences with limited eyesight.
APHont(tm) - A Font for Low Vision
Download a free font designed specifically for low vision readers from The American Printing House for the Blind.
Download a free font designed specifically for low vision readers from The American Printing House for the Blind.
Color Contrast and Partial Sight
Discover how people see color and ways to use it more effectively for those with limited eyesight. Lighthouse International explains.
Discover how people see color and ways to use it more effectively for those with limited eyesight. Lighthouse International explains.
Design for the Aging Population
ERGO/GERO focuses on various store and marketing design topics especially for the older consumer where poor eyesight as welll as descreased mobility are considerations.
ERGO/GERO focuses on various store and marketing design topics especially for the older consumer where poor eyesight as welll as descreased mobility are considerations.
Designing for the partially sighted
Phil Baines disputes some of the suggested guidelines directed at graphic designers when it comes to designing projects, specifically the use of typography, intended for people with various visual disabilities.
Phil Baines disputes some of the suggested guidelines directed at graphic designers when it comes to designing projects, specifically the use of typography, intended for people with various visual disabilities.
Guidelines for Design of Tactile Graphics
The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. suggests how to use tactile graphics in material for the blind. Adaptable for selection of graphics in print for the partially sighted.
The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. suggests how to use tactile graphics in material for the blind. Adaptable for selection of graphics in print for the partially sighted.
Large Print: Guidelines for Optimal Readability
APH offers guidelines for improving readability of text set in "large print" for the vision impaired. Includes recommendations for page layout, subheads, graphics, indents, and other considerations.
APH offers guidelines for improving readability of text set in "large print" for the vision impaired. Includes recommendations for page layout, subheads, graphics, indents, and other considerations.
Making Signs and Packaging Conspicuous
Degraded eyesight is one major consideration in our aging population. Learn to compensate with signs and packages that stand out rather than confuse in this article from ERGO/GERO.
Degraded eyesight is one major consideration in our aging population. Learn to compensate with signs and packages that stand out rather than confuse in this article from ERGO/GERO.
Marketing and Displays for the Older Consumer
While this ERGO/GERO article deals primarily with store lighting and cluttered displays, some of the concepts can be applied to print designs as well.
While this ERGO/GERO article deals primarily with store lighting and cluttered displays, some of the concepts can be applied to print designs as well.
Print Legibility and Partial Sight
From Lighthouse International, 10 ways to make your documents easier to read.
From Lighthouse International, 10 ways to make your documents easier to read.
Readying Publications for the Web
Points made in this article from The Editorial Eye apply to design for everyone but are of even more importance when designing for those with limited sight.
Points made in this article from The Editorial Eye apply to design for everyone but are of even more importance when designing for those with limited sight.
SBFAQ
Designing with color, especially for the elderly consumer. This ERGO/GERO FAQ covers many aspects of color in design.
Designing with color, especially for the elderly consumer. This ERGO/GERO FAQ covers many aspects of color in design.
Text Design for Elderly
Based on research on aging, this Encyclopedia of Educational Technology article looks at spacing, type, and layout considerations when the audience is known to consist of those with declining eyesight.
Based on research on aging, this Encyclopedia of Educational Technology article looks at spacing, type, and layout considerations when the audience is known to consist of those with declining eyesight.
Twelve Things You Should Know About Color
Applicable to all, but especially to those with less than perfect eyesight explore twelve color facts from ERGO/GERO.
Applicable to all, but especially to those with less than perfect eyesight explore twelve color facts from ERGO/GERO.
Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines
How to design an artistic, creative Web site that is still accessible and enjoyable by people with disabilities is the focus of these W3C guidelines.
How to design an artistic, creative Web site that is still accessible and enjoyable by people with disabilities is the focus of these W3C guidelines.