[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:                  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility, css
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Comment (by joedolson):

 I've been thinking about ways to objective describe the actual change in
 readability by moving from 600 weight to 400 weight. This isn't accounted
 for in WCAG, so it requires some creative thinking.

 I think we can use a scalar proportion that uses the `large-scale`
 definition in WCAG to assess how this has changed in objective terms.

 Defintion: `large-scale`: 14pt/19px and bold or 18pt/24px at normal
 weight.


 Proportion in WordPress 6.7: 14px bold = .74 of large scale

 Proportion with this change, at 400 weight = .58 of large scale

 WCAG doesn't account for scalar bold values, so going to 500 weight is
 fuzzy. But we might consider it halfway between normal and bold, e.g. .66
 of large scale.

 If we want to achieve the equivalent degree of visibility in terms of
 proportional contrast, we could target meeting the same scalar saturation.

 - At 400 weight, that would mean we need 18px.
 - At 500 weight, using the same assumption above, we'd need 16px.
 - At 600 weight, no change is required.

 At those weights, the *technical* objective of keeping the same degree of
 contrast might be met.

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