Accessibility

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Many people find certain text styles or fonts difficult to read on websites, so we hope that this page is of help.

Most people find a style such as Arial or Verdana more comfortable or easy to read.

This website uses Verdana, Garamond, Helvetica, Arial, and sans-serif fonts. The fonts are sized in 'ems' and 'px' but it may be of further help to many to follow the links to accessibility websites shown below.

Ems and Percentages are considered to be the best units for sizing fonts and layouts in CSS [Cascading Style Sheets]. They are resizable in all Web browsers that support resizing, they are specified relative to the user's font size preferences, and can therefore adapt to the viewer's screen. If these sizes are still not suitable, please follow how to increase the size of the text.

To increase the text size using one of these browsers

Internet Explorer: View >Text size

Firefox:
Open your Firefox browser.
Hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and press the plus (+) key.
You will find that this will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat the procedure
Keep repeating until the text is enlarged to your requirements .
If you need to make the text smaller press ctrl on your keyboard and the minus ( - ) key.

These links will also show you how you can change fonts in your browser and many other ways to access the web.

Web Accessibility - WC3

My Computer - My Way - Making Text Easier to See

BBC - My Web - My Way- Do you need help in making the web easier to use? This site explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible for you.

Web Credible - Web usability