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RE: Italic font style

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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Oct 7, 2003 7:07AM

In "normal" windows apps, when italics is chosen, it is my belief that where
possible, the font changes in the document to the "italic" version of the
font, not just the tipping of the standard or normal font. Is this not the
same situation in browsers - where available, the italic variant of the font
is used instead of tipping the normal font?

I know that most word processing software will tip any font that does not
have an italic variant available, CorelDRAW however, won't do that.

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Julian Rickards
Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
Publications Services Section
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Phone: (705) 670-5608
Fax: (705) 670-5690


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jukka K. Korpela [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]

> > Users viewing sites with italic fonts may have trouble if
> they are using
> > assistive technology such as zoom tools and screen resizers?
>
> Perhaps. Italics fonts (often implemented actually by just
> slanting normal
> fonts) are usually not of high typographic quality.


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