No content or functionality may be lost when text is set to: Line spacing of 1.5x font size, Letter Spacing at 0.12x font size, Word spacing at 0.16x font size, and paragraph spacing 2x the font size.

WCAG 2 criterion

1.4.12 Text Spacing (Level AA)

Tools and requirements

• Text Spacing Bookmarklet https://codepen.io/stevef/full/YLMqbo

Install the above bookmarklet by enabling your bookmarks bar in your browser, and dragging the "Text Spacing" link provided on that Codepen page into your bookmarks bar. Activate and deactivate it by clicking on the bookmark in your bookmarks bar.

Test procedure

Using the Text Spacing bookmarklet, ensure that no text content disappears or clips through other objects/text. The bookmarklet adjusts text to the maximum limits defined by the criterion.

See below for a visual example of the Text Spacing bookmarklet.

![Screenshot showcasing the normal visual appearance of the About page of the Cornell main site.][image-removed]
Figure 41.1 - Normal View of https://www.cornell.edu/about/

![Screenshot showcasing the visual appearance of the About page of the Cornell main site. The letter spacing, line height, and word spacing are all increased.][image-removed]
Figure 41.2 - Appearance of https://www.cornell.edu/about/ when the Text Spacing bookmarklet is used.

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