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I just can't get used to the playful fonts like that. My most recent attempt was with Cascadia Code, but that wobbly Comic Sans feel looks off to me and prevent
by ziml77 5y ago
I just can't get used to the playful fonts like that. My most recent attempt was with Cascadia Code, but that wobbly Comic Sans feel looks off to me and prevents the font from falling away into the background when reading. I also don't like how different many of those fonts make the italics look. It makes them almost feel like a completely different font and turns them into a distraction.
- vanderZwan 5y agoI've been told that these fonts are actually doing italics "right", as in that originally meant having a "handwritten" look, not just being slanted. But a quick internet search doesn't produce any obvious result proving or disproving that statement. Maybe someone here knows?
- b3morales 5y agoItalic script is one of the basic calligraphic hands; the fact that it's cursive (joined) and oblique (slanted) are key to its identity. But I would imagine it evolved into type the same way that other script styles did, so to say that italic type "should" look like handwriting seems questionable.
- Stratoscope 5y agoYes, an italic font is not merely a slanted version of a regular (Roman) font. The slanted version would be called an oblique font. Italic fonts traditionally do have more of a handwritten character, but that isn't required. They are distinct fonts of their own, but should be harmonious with the Roman version of the same font. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type