Re: outlined fonts

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From: Don_McCahill
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:55

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      Or even the odd use of "oblique" for Helvetica instead of "italic"




I have always considered these to be different terms. Oblique is when a font is just slanted by a certain percentage, while italic is a completely different design, based on a slant.

I think Helvetica now is more than just a slant, but I think that on the early postscript printers it was just slanted roman, when RAM was more precious.

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