Rich Text

Text content that includes visual formatting attributes beyond plain characters, such as font size, font family, color, bold, italic, underline, and other styling properties. On the web, rich text is created through HTML elements and CSS properties that give text visual emphasis and hierarchy. Rich text presents an accessibility challenge because screen readers typically convey only the text content and basic structural markup (headings, lists) while ignoring visual styling cues like font size variations, color changes, and non-semantic emphasis that sighted users rely on to understand content importance and organization.