[_Algernon_]

Typography has a solution for emphasis that doesn't use contrast, and it's called italics. Use that.

[criddell]

So for your analogy, would you say the solution for compressed dynamic range in music recording would be for artists to use, say, guitar distortion or other audio choices for emphasis in music rather than playing with loudness?

[_Algernon_]

Text and music are two completely separate forms of medium with completely different conventions. Your insistence on comparing them is meaningless.