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Article #3245Re: Italic & Oblique
From: Bryan Cardoza
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1989 15:42
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1989 15:42
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In article <1989Jan23.144822.29002@cs.rochester.edu> ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) writes: >Small nit: it's Helvetica Oblique. Italics are for serif fonts. In article <43873@linus.UUCP> ted@mbunix (Ede) writes: >Correct me if I'm wrong (he says, reaching for his flame retardent >suit). I was told that an Oblique font was just a normal font tilted >(by an algorithm) a certain number of degrees and an Italic font was >one that was re-designed (by hand) at that angle. You were told wrong; Ken is correct according to my professional designer friends. -- Bryan Cardoza uunet!iconsys!bryan Software Engineer SANYO/ICON Telephone: (801) 225-6888 Orem, Utah FAX: (801) 226-0651
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!uunet!iconsys!bryan From: bryan@iconsys.UUCP (Bryan Cardoza) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Italic & Oblique Message-ID: <323@iconsys.UUCP> Date: 30 Jan 89 15:42:36 GMT References: <1603@csuna.UUCP> <1989Jan23.144822.29002@cs.rochester.edu> <43873@linus.UUCP> Reply-To: bryan@iconsys.UUCP (Bryan Cardoza) Distribution: usa Organization: Icon International, Inc. -- Orem, Utah Lines: 21