Typetester Review

Although Typetester isn't directly an application to assist the visually impaired, it is an applicaiton for the web programmers who are trying to make their websites more web accessible for the visually impaired. It is a JavaScript enabled application that compares up to three different web layout choices in regards to font name, font size, font colour, spacing, alignment, and background colour.

This website does bring out the importance of a well chosen layout of a webpage. For the visually impaired users, being able to see the font clearly will determine the web accessibility of a person's website. Tools like this help web programmers with the W3 compliance of web accessibility.

One thing to note is the font-size unit. It is not initially apparent, but there are actually two different font-size parameters on this applications. The first is clearly seen under the title "size" on the main page. The second located near the top right-hand corner in the "tools" tab. As a web programmer, I am more familiar with the pixel unit of value for font size. I would have preferred if the unit used for the font-size adjuster under "size" was "px" instead of "em". But that's just a matter of preference.