OPEN LETTER TO FANFICTION WRITERS ON ACCESSIBILITY; PLEASE READ.
first of all, thank you for spending your time, seldom acknowledged and definitely deserving of a compensation you are not receiving, to entertain us. iโm speaking on behalf of more than just blind readers, but everyone. youโre sick as hell.
iโve summoned you to provide some information you may not already know. i know a lot of you like fonts. especially those who cross post their work on wattpad. i admire any and all acts of aestheticism to a degree, and can understand the desire to use them. (blind folk, sorry yโall. mommaโs making a point.) ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฃ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ, itโs cute. ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ is a little cuter to me, if i had to choose. or maybe ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐?
now, sighted folk: if youโre on mobile, i implore you to participate in a little exercise for me. select this text and scroll through all the copy/paste/define/โsearch the webโ options until you get to the speak portion. if you need to change a setting for your phone to do so, would you mind? iโd really appreciate it.
please make your phone read aloud part of my post, and be sure to include any bits with those super cute fonts. ๐โ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ช ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ช, ๐ ๐๐ ๐โ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ช ๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ฅ ๐ค๐๐.
whether you participated and discovered it for yourself or you thought this was a crock of shit youโd rather not sniff, iโll tell you! screen readers cannot dictate words using those fonts. at least, on a majority of devices. not mine, or any of my mutuals elsewhere.
you do not have to change your behavior on my behalf, but please be aware that fonts limit access to your work.
blind readers do exist, i exist, and i am bound by the same feelings of dogged longing that make other sad horny bitches read angsty, smutty, father-wounded nonsense.
thanks for making it this far. i really hope my sincerity is being conveyed, reading makes me so happy and iโm not the only person on this app who relies on accessibility settings more often than not. do with this information what you will, and have the day you deserve!
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