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the cursive font on diveintomark is virtually unreadable to me without magnifying it a whole bunch. :( edit: not cursive. narrow letter spacing. bold, too? gah
by diN0bot 18y ago
the cursive font on diveintomark is virtually unreadable to me without magnifying it a whole bunch. :(
edit: not cursive. narrow letter spacing. bold, too? gah my eyes.
- tptacek 18y agoThat's Gill Sans, one of the all-time greatest italic sans faces. See? He's right. The foundries are doomed. =)
- briansmith 18y agoIt might be great in print but it is horrible on-screen. Generally italic faces should be avoided on the web whenever possible. Failing that, it is much better to use one that was designed specifically for on-screen use, like one of the Microsoft C* fonts.
- mr_justin 18y agoIt's just italic. Not bold, not cursive, not "narrow letter spacing". Just plain ol' italic, or oblique for the pedantic.
- tptacek 18y agoGill Sans italic isn't an oblique. It's a genuine italic. Look at the 'a'.
- mr_justin 18y agoI was just looking at the CSS, which specifies oblique as opposed to italic.
- tptacek 18y agoThe CSS may ask for an oblique, but on my Mac, which ships with Gill Sans, I get an italic. Just to be pendantic. Obliques are slanted faces; italics are slanted faces with cursive letterforms.
- celoyd 18y agoItalics are not necessarily slanted. Seria's italic is an example of one that's very cursive but within a couple degrees of upright: http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/singles/fontfont/ff_seria_italic/ http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/singles/fontfont/ff_seria_ital...
- tptacek 18y agoI knew I was going to get called on that. Thanks. ;)