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✎ Technique: Icon fonts

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Icon fonts are a popular and effective method for providing scalable symbols that can be used to label controls and provide graphical information. The information provided by icons also needs to be available to people who can’t see them.

✎ Technique: Alternative text

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Each image requires alternative text that is equivalent to the information it conveys, unless the image is purely decorative and provides no useful information. You need to be careful about what value you give the alt attribute.