This article will discuss how some everyday symbols can be better utilized to make your content more accessible to your residents.
Best Practices
Ampersands (&)
Use the ampersand (&) in category titles, page titles, subheads, and table header rows
Write out “and” in all paragraph text unless it is an official company name (example: AT&T)
Asterisk (*)
If an asterisk is being used to indicate a footnote, reformat the information so the asterisk is not the only way the footnote is communicated
At (@)
The @ symbol is read out by screen readers but should be written out in text for consistency
WCAG Compliant Symbols
According to the WCAG, the symbols that can be used in text are listed in the following table. All other symbols must be written out.
Symbol | Description | HTML Code |
|---|---|---|
& | and | & |
£ | British pound | £ |
· | bullet | • |
© | copyright | © |
° | degree | ° |
$ | dollar | $ |
€ | Euro | € |
¶ | paragraph | ¶ |
% | percent | % |
® | registered | ® |
/ | slash | / |
™ | trademark | ™ |
¥ | yen | ¥ |