Editing Typeface (section)

===Reverse-contrast typefaces===
{{Main|Reverse-contrast typefaces}}
[[File:Reverse contrast.png|thumb|Reverse-contrast type compared to a [[fat face]] design. Both are very bold, but the fat face's thick lines are the verticals and the reverse-contrast's are the horizontals.]]

A reverse-contrast type is a typeface in which the stress is reversed from the norm: instead of the vertical lines being the same width or thicker than horizontals, which is normal in Latin-alphabet printing, the horizontal lines are the thickest.<ref name="Type Tuesday Eye">{{cite magazine |first1=Christian |last1=Schwartz |first2=Paul |last2=Barnes |title=Deep in the archives: Caslon's Italian, ca. 1821. Specimen & punches. |date=12 July 2011 |url=https://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/type-tuesday13 |magazine=Eye |access-date=10 August 2015}}</ref> Reverse-contrast types are rarely used for body text, and are particularly common in [[Typeface#Display type|display]] applications such as headings and posters, in which their unusual structure may be particularly eye-catching.<ref name="Anatomy of a typeface">{{cite book|last1=Lawson|first1=Alexander|title=Anatomy of a typeface|date=1990|publisher=Godine|location=Boston|isbn=9780879233334|pages=321–323|edition=1st}}</ref> First seen in London in 1821, they were particularly common in the mid- to late nineteenth century in American and British printing and have been revived occasionally since then. They effectively become [[slab serif]] designs because of the serifs becoming thick, and are often characterised as part of that genre. In recent times, the reverse-contrast effect has been extended to other kinds of typeface, such as [[sans-serif]] designs.<ref name="Fontlists: reverse contrast">{{cite web|last1=Peters|first1=Yves|title=Fontlists: reverse contrast|url=https://www.fontshop.com/people/yves-peters/fontlists/reverse-contrast|website=Fontshop|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref>