Principle 1 Perceivable · Guideline 1.4: Distinguishable

1.4.12 Text Spacing

Increasing line, word and paragraph spacing must not lose content.

Level AA New in WCAG 2.1

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.

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Normative wording

The binding text lives at the W3C. What you read here is our own faithful rendering – not a quotation.

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