Talking Drupal #476 - Off The Cuff #10

Nov 18, 2024

Martin Anderson-Clutz, a Senior Solutions Engineer at Acquia and an active contributor to Drupal, shares his insights on accessibility in web development following a recent DOJ ruling. The conversation dives into the practical features of the Font Your Face module, enhancing web font management for Drupal sites. They also discuss community engagement through events like the Florida Drupal Camp, improvements in event recipes, and the push for a robust Drupal curriculum in universities. Expect a mix of technical talk and lighthearted banter!

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ADVICE

Font Management Tip

Consider Font Your Face for easy font integration and testing.
Switch to local fonts for performance and security after testing.

INSIGHT

DOJ Accessibility Ruling Scope

The DOJ accessibility ruling mandates WCAG 2.1 AA compliance for government websites by 2026 or 2027.
This applies to all publicly facing content, including third-party tools, impacting various government and educational institutions.

ANECDOTE

Accessibility Lawsuits

Target and Domino's faced lawsuits for website inaccessibility, highlighting the legal risks for commercial entities.
Government sites, while sometimes shielded, also face lawsuits, as exemplified by Portland's sidewalk accessibility case.

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Today we are talking about some things are on our mind including, The DOJ Accessibility ruling,Drupal CMS Event Recipes and Tooling for core development with our Hosts. We’ll also cover @font-your-face as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/476

Topics

DOJ Accessibility Ruling
Drupal CMS
Tooling for core development
Open University

Resources

Guests

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu Joshua "Josh" Mitchell - joshuami.com joshuami

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Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted to add and manage web fonts for your Drupal site, directly within the admin interface? There’s a module for that.
Module name/project name:
- @font-your-face
Brief history
- How old: created in May 2010 by Scott Reynen, but the most recent release was by Henrique Mendes (hmendes) of CI&T
- Versions available: 7.x-2.8 and 4.0.0 versions available, the latter of which support Drupal 9.4 and 10.
Maintainership
- Actively maintained
- Security coverage
- Test coverage
- Documentation, but looks like it might be ready for a refresh
- Number of open issues: 48 open issues, 8 of which are bugs against the current branch
Usage stats:
- 32,213 sites
Module features and usage
- The module provides an interface to browse fonts from Google, Adobe, Typekit, and more
- License restrictions for fonts are clearly indicated
- When you find a font you want to use, you just click “enable”. You don’t need to write any CSS or define a library, and it’s easy to mix-and-match fonts from different providers. It can even make it easier to include your own local fonts
- The module includes submodules for the different font providers, so you enable the submodules based on where you want to use fonts from
- Then you can import the fonts for those providers, though you do need an API key to import fonts from Google
- The module does also have an API, so you can write your own modules to integrate with other font providers, or access the information about available fonts