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Screen readers without Unicode support will generally read a character outside [[Wikipedia:Latin-1|Latin-1]] and [[Wikipedia:Windows 1252|Windows-1252]] as a question mark, and even in [[Wikipedia:JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]], the most popular screen reader, Unicode characters are very difficult to read. | Screen readers without Unicode support will generally read a character outside [[Wikipedia:Latin-1|Latin-1]] and [[Wikipedia:Windows 1252|Windows-1252]] as a question mark, and even in [[Wikipedia:JAWS (screen reader)|JAWS]], the most popular screen reader, Unicode characters are very difficult to read. | ||
Do not use unpronounceable symbols such as ♥ (a [[Wikipedia:Heart (symbol)|heart symbol]]). | |||
Reduced font sizes should be used sparingly. Avoid using smaller font sizes in elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes and reference sections. In no case should the resulting font size drop below 85% of the page fontsize (or 11px). | Reduced font sizes should be used sparingly. Avoid using smaller font sizes in elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, navboxes and reference sections. In no case should the resulting font size drop below 85% of the page fontsize (or 11px). | ||