Letter-spacing[edit]

Main article: Letter-spacing

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An example of sperrsatz. Note wider spacing of the word gesperrt ("letterspaced").

Another means of emphasis is to increase the spacing between the letters, rather than making
them darker, but still achieving a distinction in blackness. This results in an effect reverse to
boldface: the emphasized text becomes lighter than its environment. This is often used
in blackletter typesetting and typewriter manuscripts, but by no means restricted to those
situations.[8]