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From: bryan@iconsys.UUCP (Bryan Cardoza)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Italic & Oblique
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Date: 30 Jan 89 15:42:36 GMT
References: <1603@csuna.UUCP> <1989Jan23.144822.29002@cs.rochester.edu> <43873@linus.UUCP>
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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.





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