Principle 1 Perceivable · Guideline 1.4: Distinguishable
1.4.12 Text Spacing
Increasing line, word and paragraph spacing must not lose content.
What this means in practice
Users with dyslexia set larger spacing via their own stylesheet. Fixed heights then clip or overlap text. A bookmarklet applying the standard values makes this easy to test.
What Wave Access contributes
Das Bedienfeld verändert Zeilen- und Wortabstand – das deckt sich mit dem, was diese Prüfung verlangt.
Normative wording
The binding text lives at the W3C. What you read here is our own faithful rendering – not a quotation.