Text spacing cannot be adjusted
Automated check avoid-inline-spacing, run with axe-core
- WCAG
- 1.4.12 Text Spacing (Level AA)
- Severity
- Moderate: a degraded experience
- Typical effort
- Moderate, 1 to 4 hours
- Category
- Visual design
Who this affects
People with dyslexia or low vision who increase line, word or letter spacing to read comfortably.
Why it matters
Inline styles marked !important override the reader’s own spacing settings, so the text cannot be adapted.
How to fix it
Remove !important from inline letter-spacing, word-spacing and line-height styles, and set spacing in your stylesheet instead.
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