Joe Clark: Accessibility ¶ Design ¶ Writing

I am a journalist and author in Toronto. My writing includes hundreds of articles; a first book on Web accessibility and a second book on Canadian English spelling; a new book on copyright reform for creators; and a personal blog. I used to do consulting in Web accessibility, but I don’t do that anymore. I still do research on accessibility – topics like captioning and audio description. I am setting up an accessibility research project. I have a longstanding interest in typography, and I did a lot of work on the typography of the Toronto subway (TTC). You can subscribe to a newsfeed of new additions

Seen from behind, I photograph a colourful minivan as I wear my purple hat and striped shirt

  1. What’s new Interview with ABC Radio National’s Lingua Franca about Canadian English ¶ Borked Unicode: Tips for journalists about Unicode and writing clean copy ¶ Training in HTML semantics and character encoding for publishers ¶ Pride Community Advisory Panel copy-edits now up for viewing by anyone (and for comment by a few) ¶ Comments on what is allegedly the last version of the information and communications standard required by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act ¶ Canadian Word of the Year 2010: G20 ¶ Gay Money: The Truth About Lesbian & Gay Economics (RSS NEWSFEED)
  2. Writing Buy my second book, Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours: How to Feel Good About Canadian English. Read my first book, Building Accessible Websites. Many of my articles are online, mostly about graphic design. See my personal Weblog
  3. Economics Gay Money: The Truth About Lesbian & Gay Economics: I spent most of 2010 reading every article on lesbian and gay income and earnings. And guess what! Gay marketers have been lying to us all along. Gay males earn, on average, less than straight males (lesbians more than straight females), most studies agree.
  4. Accessibility Web accessibility, captioning, audio description, the Ontario AODA: Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities information and communications specification, and other topics
  5. Fonts & design  Typography in the Toronto subway; Screenfont.CA: All about fonts for captions & subtitles
  6. About me Some background, an FAQ, and some articles about me and interviews with me. Policy on deleted items
  7. My other sites
  8. Contact Get in touch with me (there are rules)