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Hats off to ALL CAPS
Another in our series, myth-busting the misunderstandings regarding accessibility: are dyslexia fonts useful and the shift in using ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS for various text elements.
For languages with alphabets that have a combination of uppercase and lowercase letter forms, some curious preconceptions and misunderstandings have emerged in recent years, regarding best practices for when, where, and how uppercase characters should, or should not, be used.
This includes assumptions made relating to accessibility and readability of text, per various forms of visual or cognitive impairment. In this article we’ll discuss recent accepted research and some best practices for making good design choices, with an eye for readable content.
I’M NOT SHOUTING I‘M EMPHASIZING
We've probably all experienced a friend who made a post (or a few) on social media that was a paragraph or two written in all-uppercase. Most people find such text difficult to read, regardless of if they have any visual or cognitive impairment, or not. Or perhaps you've seen a large block of text on a legal contract that was set as all uppercase, and again many may find this very challenging to read. Let's examine why.
