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I'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 quic
by vanderZwan 5y ago
I'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