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Article #3241Italic & Oblique
From: Edward J. Ede
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1989 16:48
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1989 16:48
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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. 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. As a counter example, both Courier (not a serious font, I know) and ITC Lubalin Graph have oblique versions and serifs. A stroll through Adobe's font dictionaries may prove this. Ted |Ted Ede -- ted@mbunix.mitre.org -- The MITRE Corporation -- Burlington Road| | linus!mbunix!ted -- Bedford MA, 01730 -- Mail Stop B015 -- (617) 271-2524 | | - this line intentionally left blank - | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!bu-cs!mirror!rayssd!raybed2!linus!mbunix!ted From: ted@mbunix.mitre.org (Edward J. Ede) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Italic & Oblique Message-ID: <43873@linus.UUCP> Date: 25 Jan 89 16:48:57 GMT References: <1603@csuna.UUCP> <1989Jan23.144822.29002@cs.rochester.edu> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: ted@mbunix (Ede) Distribution: usa Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Mass. Lines: 19