richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) (02/01/89)
In article <323@iconsys.UUCP> bryan@iconsys.UUCP (Bryan Cardoza) writes: >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. So why don't you post their names so none of us makes the mistake of hiring them ? (insert :-)'s until you feel better) -- What I'd really like is a tie-dye T-shirt with a Mercedes symbol on the back. richard@gryphon.COM {...}!gryphon!richard gryphon!richard@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov