1.4 Distinguishable · SC 1.4.4

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Resize Text

Except for captions and images of text, text can be resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent without loss of content or functionality.

In plain language

People need to be able to zoom text up to 200% (double the size) without anything breaking, getting cut off, or becoming impossible to use.

Why it matters

People with low vision rely on zooming to read comfortably. If the page breaks — text gets clipped, buttons overlap, content disappears — zooming becomes useless, and they're stuck unable to read the site.

In practice

Fails this criterion

Zooming the page to 200% causes a heading to overflow its box, cutting off the bottom half of the letters so it's unreadable.

Meets this criterion

The same page uses flexible, resizable layouts, so at 200% zoom everything reflows cleanly — text wraps, boxes grow, nothing is cut off or overlapping.

Test it yourself

Use your browser's zoom feature (Ctrl/Cmd + +) to zoom the page to 200%. Check whether all text and controls are still fully visible and usable, with nothing clipped, overlapping, or missing.

Read SC 1.4.4 on the official WCAG 2.2 specification ↗