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Contrast is the the difference between the thick and thin parts of a letterforms stroke. A monolinear typeface has low stroke contrast, and is the opposite of a high-contrast face. A typical trait of a typeface with varying optical sizes is that display sizes have higher contrast than body sizes.

“Through Thick & Thin”, with each word set in a drastically different typeface. Circles are used to highlight parts of the letterforms where contrast is evident.

Serifs tend to have higher contrast strokes than sans serifs.