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Text sized up to look like a heading instead of being one

Headings are the outline a blind guest navigates by. Big bold text that isn't a real heading — or skipped levels — collapses that map.

The choice you’re proud of

Text sized up to “look like a heading” instead of being one

What it actually is

Making a line big and bold for looks, or jumping straight from your title to a small sub-heading.

Who it shuts out

Headings are the outline a blind guest navigates by — they jump from heading to heading to find their way around. Tag plain text as a big heading just to size it, or skip levels, and that outline collapses so they can't move through the page. Size is decoration; the heading level is the map.

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