The previous iteration of nsc.ca had a default line spacing between paragraphs for pages of 6 px, and for posts of 3 px. This no longer applies to the new nsc.ca. Our new website may appear to “waste space” because things are more spread out. This is because we are complying with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as required by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) of 2021.
For instance, many people with cognitive disabilities, as well as the sight impaired, have trouble tracking lines of text when a block of text is single spaced [and when it spans the whole page width]. Providing spacing between 1.5 to 2 allows them to continue reading on a new line more easily once they have finished the previous one. For this and other reasons, the new website has default settings that enable compliance with the AODA. Please do not change the default settings on each page.