Hi Christian, (In reply to our off-line conversation) I would agree the reverse italic is eye-catching! (But so is text in red.)
A couple of general notes. I think what you're describing is not an italic, but an *oblique*. Italic is a specific style of Latin type, based on a script style, which *always* featured a left lean. But it also changes the general shape of letters. This is what you see in, say FreeSerifItalic. Oblique is simply a skewing of the letters. The basis shape is not changed, they're just leaned over. This is what is usually done with sans-serif fonts. Skewing is a simple mathematical linear transformation, which can be done in software -- it doesn't need a special font. Many graphics programs provide a means to skew (or slant) anything, including text. Cheers! On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Christian Flatscher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Are there any plans to release the FreeFont font sets with reverse italic > letters as well? > > That is have the fonts lean to the left rather than right. > > Thanks! > > --Christian
