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Including semantic elements gives your subscribers who use screen readers the option to \u201cscan\u201d through an email by header. You can do this by using and <\/code> tags. These are supported in every client, so it\u2019s a good place to start making your email more accessible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Historically, styling and <\/code> tags hasn\u2019t been easy, which is why it\u2019s still fairly uncommon to see these tags being used in email. Margins around text wrapped in either of these tags was hard to manage, but using code like this you\u2019ll be able to control that whitespace:<\/span><\/p>\n

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For semantic elements, use margin, not padding, as the padding attribute isn\u2019t supported on these elements everywhere. As for rems, Josh W. Comeau gives guidance <\/span>on his blog<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tip:<\/b> Using mso-line-height-rule:exactly;<\/code> in your <\/code> tags will maintain line-height rule you set in Microsoft Outlook email clients.<\/span><\/p>\n

Improve the readability of your email<\/span><\/h3>\n

Creating a more accessible and readable email isn\u2019t only down to how the email is coded, but how the copy is written, too.<\/span> Writing for accessibility<\/span><\/a> involves making your<\/span> email copy more human<\/span><\/a>, which aids in readability and helps build a 1:1 communication between you and your subscribers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most popular test, known as<\/span> Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease test<\/span><\/a>, can be found in Microsoft Word and calculates how easy your content is to read on a scale of 0-100. That means:<\/span><\/p>\n