Design Trends

• What is PDF Metadata (and Why It Matters for Accessibility)

  TL;DR PDF metadata is information stored with a PDF that describes the document, such as its title, author, subject and keywords. For accessibility, two document properties deserve particular attention: the document title and default language. A descriptive document title helps users identify the PDF without relying on an unclear filename. The default language setting helps […]

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• Password-Protected PDF Accessibility: How Security Can Break It (And How to Fix It)

  TL;DR Password-protected PDF accessibility depends on how the file is secured. A password alone doesn’t necessarily make a PDF inaccessible, but certain security permissions can prevent assistive technology from accessing its content. To secure a PDF without breaking accessibility: Know the difference between an open password, which controls who can open the PDF and a […]

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• How to Make a Poster With ChatGPT: A 6-Step Workflow for Non-Designers

  If you’ve tried to work out how to make a poster with ChatGPT, you’ve probably run into the same problem most people do. ChatGPT can give you a striking image in under a minute, but if it misspells the date, there’s no text box you can click into to fix it. A lot of older […]

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• How to Meet WCAG Color Contrast Requirements Before Exporting a PDF

  TL;DR WCAG Level AA requires at least 4.5:1 contrast for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Level AAA increases this to 7:1 and 4.5:1 respectively. Check the actual foreground and background combinations used throughout the PDF, including text over images, gradients, callout boxes, charts and brand colors. Contrast requirements do not apply to every […]

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• The Campus Playbook: Scaling PDF Accessibility Across Multi-College Systems

  Most multi-college systems are dealing with the same PDF accessibility problem. There are too many documents, created by too many people, across too many tools. Syllabi, forms, reports, policies and brochures are often spread across websites, LMS platforms, intranets and shared drives. That makes it hard to know which PDFs are accessible, which need remediation […]

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