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Remove smoothing/anti-aliasing note
patrickhlauke May 17, 2025
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Remove two notes
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Move note about border for text into understanding
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Tweak 1.4.11 note about anti-aliasing
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Move note about border for text into enhanced understanding
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Move note about border for text into understanding
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patrickhlauke committed May 17, 2025
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<p class="note">Contrast ratios can range from 1 to 21 (commonly written 1:1 to 21:1).</p>

<p class="note">When there is a border around the letter, the border can add contrast and would be
used in calculating the contrast between the letter and its background. A narrow border
around the letter would be used as the letter. A wide border around the letter that
fills in the inner details of the letters acts as a halo and would be considered background.
</p>

<p class="note">WCAG conformance should be evaluated for color pairs specified in the content that
an author would expect to appear adjacent in typical presentation. Authors need not
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