Principle 1 Perceivable · Guideline 1.4: Distinguishable
1.4.5 Images of Text
Text should be delivered as text, not as an image.
What this means in practice
Text in images cannot be resized, read aloud, reflowed or searched. Logos and cases where presentation is essential are exempt. With web fonts there is rarely a reason left.
Normative wording
The binding text lives at the W3C. What you read here is our own faithful rendering – not a quotation.