How easy to read is your web site?
find out with our Large print Revealr review
Does your web site have tiny text?
If people need a magnifying glass to read your web site they will click away
More than 25% of people are short sighted
Even with glasses or contact lenses many people find it more comfortable to read at larger size. Being able to adjust text sizes is even more important for people over 40 who start to find it difficult to read up close. More information about myopia.
More than 5% of people have dyslexia
And so do more than a fifth of entrepreneurs, it is no hinderance to good business. People with dyslexia find it difficult to read small, italic or jagged text even if they have perfect vision. Its important to design for easy readability for everyone.
What makes web sites unreadable?
Here are some of the things we see day to day...
Text disappears under the next part of the page
This is a menu for a web site about dogs. Each menu link is marked with a pretty paw print in a green block. The green blocks are given a fixed height a little more than the paw print.
When the reader increases the text size on their computer, the menu link words become bigger than the green box and start to disappear.
If you use a fixed height for your menu links like this many people will not be able to move around your web site.
White text disappears on white background
On this web site, the key messages are in white text on blue background that has rounded corners.
When the reader increases the text size on their computer, the words overflow off the background onto the white page behind so cannot be read.
If you use a fixed size background like this many people will find your key messages are unreadable.
Paragraphs overflow onto the next
This web site has been designed a lot like a newspaper. There are lots of short articles laid out across and down the page.
When the reader increases the text size on the computer, the layout of the page remains the same but the words no longer fit. They overflow onto other parts of the page and become jumbled and impossible to read.
If your web page layout is rigid like this, its not readable to a lot of potential customers.
A Large Print Revealr can help improve the readability of your web site
What is in the report
Non technical executive summary
This will help you brief your web developers when you pass them the report to make changes you require.
Detail section
We focus on the 5 most important elements of your web site and show you how to make them readable at larger text sizes.
- Who you are
- What you do
- Your call(s) to action
- Your contact details
- Navigation to explore your site
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