Spacing was used for emphasis in blackletter, and consequently persisted in roman in German even after other means (e.g. italics) became common in other languag

Spacing was used for emphasis in blackletter, and consequently persisted in roman in German even after other means (e.g. italics) became common in other languages. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperrsatz https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperrsatz