Editing Sans-serif (section)

====Modulated sans-serifs====
A particular subgenre of sans-serifs is those such as Rothbury, [[Britannic (typeface)|Britannic]], [[Radiant (typeface)|Radiant]], and [[National Trust (typeface)|National Trust]] with obvious variation in stroke width. These have been called 'modulated', 'stressed' or 'high-contrast' sans-serifs. They are nowadays{{When|date=August 2021}}<!-- Since when? --> often placed within the humanist genre, although they predate Johnston which started the modern humanist genre. These may take inspiration from sources outside printing such as brush lettering or calligraphy.<ref name="Identifont blog Feb 15">{{Cite web |last=Coles |first=Stephen |title=Identifont blog Feb 15 |url=http://blog.identifont.com/show?U59 |access-date=17 August 2015 |website=Identifont}}</ref> One study looked into the effect of stroke contrast between sans serif and serif typefaces, and although they were limited in testing only one typeface, they found that their modulated sans serif performed better for their low-vision readers compared to the unmodulated sans serif.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Minakata |first=Katsumi |last2=Eckmann-Hansen |first2=Christina |last3=Larsen |first3=Michael |last4=Bek |first4=Toke |last5=Beier |first5=Sofie |date=2023-02-01 |title=The effect of serifs and stroke contrast on low vision reading |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0001691822003250 |journal=Acta Psychologica |volume=232 |pages=103810 |doi=10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103810 |issn=0001-6918}}</ref>
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