1.4.12 – Space It Out (hip hop)

Summary

This Success Criterion ensures anyone can easily read and understand text on a webpage, no matter how they view it. It focuses on text spacing, including line, letter and word spacing, and paragraph margins, so that everyone can read comfortably without changing the style of the content.

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Lyrics

VERSE 1
Yo, check the screen, some can’t read what you mean
Vision impairments, dyslexia on the scene
Text too tight, making reading a fight
But we got rights to adjust that sight!
SC 1.4.12 is the code
For those who need a different reading mode
Line height, spacing between the letters
Word gaps too – making reading better!
(WHAT!)

CHORUS
Space it out! Let the text breathe!
Space it out! It’s what users need!
No content lost when we adjust the flow
That’s accessibility – let your website grow!
Space it out! (YEAH!) Space it out! (UH!)

VERSE 2
Different languages need different rules
Japanese doesn’t need paragraph tools
Exceptions exist for specific scripts
But most need space – that’s the gist!
Creators don’t need to set these metrics
But your content better adapt – that’s ethics!
No overlap, no cutoff, no content lost
Real accessibility’s worth the cost!
(COME ON!)

BRIDGE
PDF’s outside this rule, so are images of text
Video captions embedded direct
But for markup language on the web
Adaptability’s what we rep!
Users choose their tools, stylesheets or extensions
It’s their right to make these dimensions!
1.5 times the font size for line height!
Letter spacing point-one-two, that’s right!

VERSE 3
So developers listen up, this is how we roll
Making content work for everyone’s the goal
No text cut off, no words that overlap
When users need to change the spacing gap
They control their reading experience
Your job is remove the interference
This ain’t just best practice, it’s required
Make your sites accessible – get wired!
(LET’S GO!)

OUTRO
Remember the values:
Line height – at least 1.5 times font size
Paragraph spacing – 2 times font size
Letter spacing – 0.12 times the size
Word spacing – minimum 0.16
Everyone deserves to read your content
Space it out!

Sound Influences

hip hop, collaborative, high-energy, fast tempo, bold, rebellious, exuberant, remix, cross-genre influence, syncopated rhythms, distinctive guitar riffs, beatbox breaks, spoken word, rap vocals, influential collaboration

Version Number: 1.2