Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
3 results found tagged line spacing.
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Web Accessibility for Older Adults: Effects of Line Spacing and Text Justification on Reading Web Pages
This poster paper empirically tests two common web accessibility recommendations for older adults: increased line spacing and left-only text justification. The authors note that at least 10 sets of guidelines for making websites accessible to older p…
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Layout Guidelines for Web Text and a Web Service to Improve Accessibility for Dyslexics
This paper presents evidence-based layout guidelines for making web text more readable for people with dyslexia, derived from a user study with 22 dyslexic participants and a matched control group. The study is notable for being the first to combine …
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Size Matters (Spacing Not): 18 Points for a Dyslexic-Friendly Wikipedia
This paper investigates the effect of font size and line spacing on readability and comprehension for people with dyslexia, tested in the real-world context of Wikipedia articles rather than isolated text samples. The authors conducted an eye-trackin…