Provide a means to skip over multi-line ascii art. Avoid ascii art (character illustrations) whenever possible. If ascii art must be used, provide a link to bypass the graphic. For ascii art 20 characters or less use the element with the "title" attribute.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>aert1.0/13.10.1</title> </head> <body> <pre> % __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 100 | * | 90 |** | 80 |* *| 70 | @ * | 60 |@ *| 50 | *@* | 40 | @*| 30 |*@@@ * | 20 | | 10 |@ @@@@ | 05 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Flash frequency (Hertz) </pre> </form> </body> </html>
W3C WAI: http://www.w3.org/WAI//
HTML Techniques for WAI 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/