Emphasis (typography)

Example of black letter emphasis using the technique of changing fonts

In typography, emphasis is the strengthening of words in a text with a font in a different style from the rest of the text, to highlight them.^[1] It is the equivalent of prosody stress in speech.

^ Twyman, Michael. "The Bold Idea: The Use of Bold-looking Types in the Nineteenth Century". Journal of the Printing Historical Society. 22 (107–143).

[Twyman-1] Twyman, Michael. "The Bold Idea: The Use of Bold-looking Types in the Nineteenth Century". Journal of the Printing Historical Society. 22 (107–143).

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Emphasis (typography)

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