WCAG reference → 1.4.8
1.4.8 Visual Presentation (level AAA)
A set of presentation requirements for blocks of text, including that text is not justified.
How it shows up in Confluence
Level AAA, so it is not part of a normal AA conformance claim, but justified text is worth avoiding anyway: the uneven word spacing creates vertical rivers of white space that readers with dyslexia find hard to track.
What to do about it
Set paragraph alignment back to the start of the line — left for left-to-right languages, right for Hebrew and Arabic.
What Clearwren checks for this criterion
- Text is justified — Justified text creates uneven rivers of white space that people with dyslexia find hard to track.