developing Core requirement

Blocks of text readable (minimum)

Group: text-and-wording • Guideline: text-appearance

Summary in Plain English

The same as the enhanced version but at a minimum level: the authored presentation of text blocks meets baseline values for inline margin, block margin, line length and line height, still to be determined.

Why It Matters

Long lines and tight leading cause readers to lose their place on the return sweep - a problem for everyone, and a barrier for people with dyslexia or low vision.

W3C Working Group Status

W3C Maturity Status: developing

Track / Group: text-and-wording

Open Questions Recorded in the Draft

The editors' own notes (:::ednote) in guidelines/groups/text-and-wording/text-appearance/blocks-of-text-readable-minimum.md. These are the questions the group has written down as unresolved — not a summary of discussion written here.

If you are aware of research in this area, especially involving non-Latin scripts, please email public-agwg-comments@w3.org.

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W3C Raw Source Text

Verbatim from guidelines/groups/text-and-wording/text-appearance/blocks-of-text-readable-minimum.md · informative document: informative/guidelines/text-and-wording/text-appearance/blocks-of-text-readable-minimum.md

The default/authored presentation of blocks of text meets the minimum @@ [values to be determined] for:
* inline margin
* block margin
* line length
* line height

:::ednote
If you are aware of research in this area, especially involving non-Latin scripts, please email public-agwg-comments@w3.org.
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