The lack of proper italics for Lucida Sans Unicode

Central Avenue

This may just be a problem with my particular computer, but, while I can see a proper italic version of Lucida Sans, I apparently don't have an italic version of Lucida Sans Unicode. A lot of sites, including this one, specify (understandably) Lucida Sans Unicode rather than Lucida Sans, meaning that anything italicized is in those fake just-skewed-the-regular-version italics that look like ass.

In case you haven't guessed from all the times I've bitched about it in the past, fake italics are kind of a pet peeve of mine.

glennmagusharvey

I thought all italics are just skewed versions of the regular fonts.

Central Avenue

No, usually the italic version of a font is actually a separate font file, with slightly different letterforms designed specifically to look...well, italic. Lowercase f is a good example: f versus f. 

But when the computer can't find an italic version, it just skews the plain version and the results are icky.

EternalSunset

Meh, a lot of typefaces just have skewed oblique versions instead of proper italics, especially sans serif ones. If the algorithmic skew is ugly, I'd blame the algorithm first.

snowbull

BEFORE I EVE-

Wait, you aren't AU.

Anonus

Yes he is :P

glennmagusharvey