In this third (of three) Universal Design and Accessibility tutorials for cartographers, LANDFIRE Spatial Ecologist, Sarah Hagen describes simple ways to think about fonts and typography and how with a little planning, you can make improve the readability and accessibility of the fonts on your map.

If you have tips or suggestions that aren't covered in this video, be sure to leave them in the comments below.

Tool mentioned:
WebAIM color contrast checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrast...
Video 1: Universal Design Tutorial for Cartographers: Best Practices    • Universal Design Tutorial for Cartogr...  
Video 2: Universal Design Tutorial for Cartographers: Color Ramps    • Universal Design Tutorial for Cartogr...  

0:00 Intro
0:45 How to check your text for readability
1:34 Example ArcGIS Pro map scale
2:43 Legend guidelines
3:25 Scale testing for font readability
3:54 Font guidelines
4:06 Why you should avoid character ambiguity
4:49 Making sure your font labels are readable WebAIM
5:29 Contrast ratio explained
5:46 ArcGIS pro label example 1
10:04 Background contrast in legends example 2

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