[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62865: Change font weight of settings and other similar labels

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#62865: Change font weight of settings and other similar labels
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 Reporter:  karmatosed      |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  6.8
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility, css
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Comment (by afercia):

 @joedolson makes a good point. As a low vision user, in some of the admin
 pages I now see a wall of text where labels, descriptions, and other text
 are less distinguished. Good use of font weights establishes a typographic
 hierarchy and as some of the screenshots above illustrate, any hierarchy
 is now gone.

 However, I do think it's also about readability. For low vision users,
 contrast is very important. A bolder font weight inherently provides
 higher contrast (that's the reason why the WCAG contrast requirements
 establish a lower threshold for bold text).

 It's not just about the the mathematical calculation of the colors
 contrast ratio. It's about how a color pair contrast is actually
 ''perceived'' and the font weight is an important factor. With the same
 colors, bolder text is perceived as higher contrast compared to lighter
 weight text because the thicker shape helps a lot. As such, making labels
 thinner isn't an improvement also in terms of contrast and readability.


 > Also, I noticed that the block editor uses font-weight: 500 for several
 instances of labels.


 I would recommedn to increase that to 600 because 500 on Windows is really
 too light. Traditionally WordPress always used 600 for bold.

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