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| ==Etymology== | | ==Etymology== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] beald; akin to Old High German bald bold | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] beald; akin to Old High German bald bold |
− | *Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 12th century] | + | *Date: before [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Century 12th century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1 a : fearless before danger : intrepid | | *1 a : fearless before danger : intrepid |
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| *6 : standing out prominently | | *6 : standing out prominently |
| *7 : being or set in boldface | | *7 : being or set in boldface |
| + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Boldness''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Boldness '''''this link'''''].</center> |
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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| In [[typography]], emphasis is the exaggeration of [[words]] in a [[text]] with a font in a [[different]] style from the rest of the text—to emphasize them. | | In [[typography]], emphasis is the exaggeration of [[words]] in a [[text]] with a font in a [[different]] style from the rest of the text—to emphasize them. |
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− | The [[human]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye eye] is very [[receptive]] to differences in brightness within a text body. One can therefore differentiate between types of emphasis according to whether the emphasis changes the “blackness” of text. | + | The [[human]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye eye] is very [[receptive]] to differences in brightness within a text body. One can therefore differentiate between types of emphasis according to whether the emphasis changes the “blackness” of text. |
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| A means of emphasis that does not have much effect on “blackness” is the use of ''italics'', where the [[text]] is [[written]] in a script style, or the use of oblique, where the vertical orientation of all letters is slanted to the left or right. With one or the other of these [[techniques]] (usually only one is available for any typeface), words can be highlighted without making them stand out much from the rest of the text (inconspicuous stressing). [[Tradition]]ally, this is used for marking passages that have a different [[context]], such as words from foreign languages, book titles, and the like. | | A means of emphasis that does not have much effect on “blackness” is the use of ''italics'', where the [[text]] is [[written]] in a script style, or the use of oblique, where the vertical orientation of all letters is slanted to the left or right. With one or the other of these [[techniques]] (usually only one is available for any typeface), words can be highlighted without making them stand out much from the rest of the text (inconspicuous stressing). [[Tradition]]ally, this is used for marking passages that have a different [[context]], such as words from foreign languages, book titles, and the like. |