Changing text spacing potentially lets text content flow into background image

Aktionen (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Alle Geräte (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Android Betriebssystem (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing
Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Apple Watch Familienkonfiguration (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

Apple iPad Air 11 2025 (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

Cashback Einlösen (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

Daten Tarife (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

For Friends (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

Handy Verkaufen (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

Handyversicherung (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

IoT-Verteilerseite (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Magena Sport (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Magenta TV Streaming Dienste Partner DAZN (1 issues)

Containers with text content do not correctly reflow text when spacing changed

Magenta Tarife Young (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Mobile Router (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Mobilfunk Netzausbau (1 issues)

Changing text spacing leads to text content flowing out of container

Prepaid Tarife (2 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers
Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Roaming Optionen (1 issues)

Text flows out of containers

Senioren Smartwatch (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers
Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

Smartphone Tarife (2 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing
Text overflows containers when changing text spacing

Smartphones (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Smartwatch mit Gesundheitsfunktionen (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Smartwatches (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Sonim XP100 (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

Sport Megasport Option (1 issues)

Text content floats out of badges on text spacing changes
Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Tastenhandys (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Telefonieren SMS Ins Ausland (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

Travel Mobil Optionen (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

VIP Lieferung (1 issues)

"VIP Lieferung" is image instead of text and as such cannot be changed via user preferences

Vertragsverlängerung (1 issues)

Changing text spacing lets parts of text spill out of their containers

Xiaomi 15 (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing

iPhone Erleben (1 issues)

Text content overflows containers with user changed text spacing
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes:

  • Stage

  • Badges

  • Footnotes

  • Teaser

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Moderate Unknown Page: Roaming Optionen Observation Permalink
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Remediation Notes

Ensure no container, containing text content, has fixed dimensions.

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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes:

  • Stage

  • Badges

  • Footnotes

  • Teaser

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Observation Details

Text content within stage spills over when text spacing is adjusted (increased).

Remediation Notes

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Observation Details

Text content within stage spills over when text spacing is adjusted (increased).

Priority: Serious High Page: Apple Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read.

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Serious High Page: Aktionen Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read.

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Critical High Page: Alle Geräte Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes:

  • Product card (storage options)

  • Badges

  • Selection input (Sortieren)

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

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Observation Details

Remediation Notes

Ensure, no text content is child of a fixed sized container.

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Observation Details

Changing text spacing results in missing content/information.

Remediation Notes

Ensure correct reflowing by not fixing size of containers that contain text content.

Priority: Moderate Low Page: 5G Netz Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Text content, when increasing text spacing, flows into background image and becomes more difficult to perceive. Text content must not overlap other content with changed text spacing.

Remediation Notes

Ensure, text stays legible with increased text spacing. This can be done by

using (semi-)transparent background color on the container

using a background image that can handle increased text spacings

reflowing text content independently of image content, so that e.g. text wraps into multiple columns to be kept in the top section of the image

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Observation Details

Text content in containers (badges) floats out of said containers on text spacing changes.

Remediation Notes

Ensure no container that contains text content uses fixed size values.

Priority: Serious Medium Page: Magena Sport Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read.

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read.

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes "shapes" and the collapsible element in the stage section.

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes "shapes", the collapsible element in the stage section and the "Nicht nur für Telekom Kunden" badge.

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Critical High Page: Shop Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. Found on page:

  • Card component

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Priority: Critical High Page: Mobile Router Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read.

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Critical High Page: Smartphones Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes:

  • Product card (storage options)

  • Badges

  • Selection input (Sortieren)

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Critical High Page: Smartwatches Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes:

  • Product card (storage options)

  • Badges

  • Selection input (Sortieren)

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Critical High Page: Tastenhandys Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes:

  • Product card (storage options)

  • Badges

  • Selection input (Sortieren)

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Critical High Page: Tablets Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read. This includes:

  • Product card (storage options)

  • Badges

  • Selection input (Sortieren)

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

Priority: Critical High Page: Daten Tarife Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Some text, when text spacing is changed, spills out of its parent containers, making some text hard, other text impossible to read.

Remediation Notes

Containers of any type (e.g. badges, teasers, stages) must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content.

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Observation Details

Text content and images in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Buttons

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

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Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

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Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

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Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Priority: Critical Low Page: Xiaomi 15 Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.


Side note: while factually not a failure of this criterion, content in SEO sections gets hidden behind scrollable containers; it is recommended to add proper reflow instead of scroll overflow.

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Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Accompanying Files
Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Priority: Critical High Page: For Friends Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Accompanying Files
Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Accompanying Files
Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Priority: Best Practice Low Page: VIP Lieferung Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Changing text spaces does not affect images of text. As such, "VIP Lieferung" image text content is not affected by text space changes in user preferences. This does not to be a failure of criterion 1.4.12 Text Spacing per se and as such is marked Priority 5 – Best Practice in this observation. Ideally, the text is displayed as text content instead of in an image. Arguably, the image might even be considered decorative, as the text content already is present in the main heading.

Remediation Notes

Remediation by setting image decorative via null alt attribute alt="" will be sufficient.

Priority: Critical High Page: Sonim XP100 Observation Permalink
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Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Accompanying Files
Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.

Accompanying Files
Observation Details

Text content in certain containers may overflow the container's boundaries, when text spacings are changed, making some text harder, other text impossible to perceive. This often includes:

  • Stage areas

  • Badges

  • Manually outlined elements like buttons (e.g. footnote icon buttons)

  • Teasers

  • Card components

Remediation Notes

Container elements must not use fixed dimensions, if they contain text content, to allow proper reflow without obscuring / overlapping content. Changing text spacings to values

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;

  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;

  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;

  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.

must be possible and must not lead to any loss of content or functionality.