The lack of proper italics for Lucida Sans Unicode

Central Avenue · 2011-01-12 23:14:22

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 · 2011-01-13 00:04:11

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

Central Avenue · 2011-01-13 00:08:44

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 · 2011-01-13 00:26:49

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 · 2011-01-13 20:43:32

BEFORE I EVE-

Wait, you aren't AU.

Anonus · 2011-01-13 20:43:47

Yes he is :P

glennmagusharvey · 2011-01-13 22:27:06

Howdy, Stranger!

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