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13.14:H313213 Avoid using ACSII art in Web sites.

Improper design

Visually disabled users can not read with their Braille the image contents compiled by ASCII text arts.

Improper design:

  <PRE title="Xiao-chung 2003 weight change during diet">
  
                Xiao-chung 2003 weight change during diet
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100 | *   *                                          |
 95 |         *   *                                  |
 90 |                 *                              |
 85 |                     *                          |
 80 |                         *               *   *  |
 75 |                             *   *   *          |
 70 |                                                |
 65 |                                                |
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 55 |                                                |
 50 |                                                |
      01  02  03  04  05  06  07  08  09  10  11  12 ды
	              
</PRE>
          

Proper demonstration

Use applicable image in conjunction with alt image content explanation to replace the image content compiles by ASCII text arts.

Proper example:

  <P>
  <IMG src="weight.gif" alt="Xiao-chung 2003 weight change during diet" longdesc="weight.txt">
  </P> 
          
Note: weight.txt provide Xiao-chung 2003 monthly weight change during diet.
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