Use h1-h6 instead of heading-like images Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

An image of text has been used as a heading instead of using the appropriate semantic markup (h1, h2, etc.)

Help

Enclose the image with an appropriate header element.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F2 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F2 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F2 (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 5.9 Jun 2015 Detect non-standard image tags.
• 3.0 Dec 2008 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccWcag2-F2-2