The characteristic change of stroke width across all letters of a font. The stress is usually either diagonal, vertical, or there is no or hardly any stress for typefaces with no obvious change of stroke widths.
French: Axe (des pleins et déliés)
German: Schattenachse
Italian: Asse/disposizione dei contrasti
Polish: oś pochylenia
Spanish: Eje de inclinación, modulación

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