alitarjonta
Alitarjonta is a Finnish term that refers to the typographical practice of using an underline to emphasize or distinguish a portion of text. The word derives from the Finnish verbs *alita* (to underline) and *rjonta* (application or procedure). In traditional print publishing, alitarjonta was commonly employed in legal documents, note-taking, and editorial annotations to signal importance, corrections, or references that could not be highlighted with modern formatting options such as bold or italics.
The use of an underline became widespread with the advent of typewriters, which had a built‑in underline
In digital type design, the combining underline Unicode character (U+0332) permits the addition of an underline
Alitarjonta continues to be valued in certain niche communities, including traditional archival work, where the physical