Why is my footer text smashed together and unreadable on small screens?

Compressed footers occur when layout systems rely on rigid tabular horizontal columns that lack media query break variables designed to cleanly re-stack elements vertically on smaller screens.

“This tends to happen when a footer built on rigid columns has no instructions for re-stacking on small screens. I’ll add the right breakpoints within 24 hours for $99.”
— Jeff Bollettino, Managing Director, Ignite Conversions