Desktop & Electronic Publishing

Resources in this category:

Accessibility at Microsoft
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/

Microsoft offers demos and tutorials for people with vision, hearing, dexterity and language impairments. Learn how to access Microsoft Windows, Office and Internet Explorer. Information about assistive technologies and new products is also available.

Accessibility--Computing @ UW Madison
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/

Web designers and developers can reach larger audiences and increase usability by making websites accessible to the blind and visually impaired. Take a free course, see videos and get guidelines on how to make your site accessible.

desktopPublishing
http://desktoppublishing.com/

A collection of resources for fonts, templates, clip art and more. Includes desktop publishing forums and application reviews.

Fonts in Cyberspace
http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/

A site with links to downloadable, free and shareware fonts for 120 languages.

Privacy Policy Statement Generator
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,en_2649_34255_2886327...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has found that privacy policies help create trusting relationships online. "The Generator, which has been endorsed by the OECD's 30 member countries, aims to offer guidance on compliance with [OECD's] Privacy Guidelines and to help organisations develop privacy policies and statements for display on their Web sites."

TrueType Typography
http://www.truetype.demon.co.uk/

A plethora of information about the technology behind TrueType fonts, including history, theory, technical specifications, and a Q&A.

WAVE Accessibility Evaluation Tool
http://wave.webaim.org/

"WAVE is a free web accessibility evaluation tool...used to aid humans in the web accessibility evaluation process. Rather than providing a complex technical report, WAVE shows the original web page with embedded icons and indicators that reveal the accessibility information within your page." Just type in your web address, upload or copy and paste HTML code!

Web Development Resources
http://www.eborcom.com/webmaker/

Web Development Resources links you to informative guides on website creation and maintenance tools such as programming languages, use of graphics, and more.