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Text spacing

The ability of a page to stay readable when a person increases line height, letter spacing, and paragraph spacing.

Text spacing is the space between lines, letters, words, and paragraphs. Some people with dyslexia or low vision read far more easily with more of it, and use browser settings or extensions to add it. WCAG’s Level AA text spacing criterion asks that a page lose no content or function when line height is set to 1.5 times the font size, paragraph spacing to twice the font size, letter spacing to 0.12 times, and word spacing to 0.16 times.

The failures are predictable: text that overflows a fixed-height box, buttons whose labels get cut off, and overlapping lines. Letting containers grow with their content fixes most of it.

Source

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), 2024. Checked .

Reflow
A layout that rearranges into one column when the window is narrow or the page is zoomed, with no sideways scrolling.
Cognitive accessibility
Design that works for people with differences in attention, memory, reading, or processing, which helps everyone.
Plain language
Writing that the intended reader can understand the first time, with common words, short sentences, and a clear structure.

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