gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit 8d123915e07eb3816634240d5fca82bb9c052074
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 3 22:36:29 2025 -0500
grotty(1): Revise discussion of slanted faces.
Favor the term "slanted" for better consistency with usage in
typographical discussion and in the rest of groff; we have no idea of
knowing whether the terminal's font selection has serifs (and would thus
be "italic") or lacks them (and would thus be "oblique").
Favor active voice over passive.
---
src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man | 23 +++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
index 7dd4e9439..f20f0e16a 100644
--- a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@ OSC\~8 hyperlinks are produced for these devices.
.P
In keeping with long-standing practice and the rarity of terminals
(and emulators)
-that support oblique or italic fonts,
-italicized text is represented with underlining by default\[em]but see
+that support slanted
+(oblique or italic) faces,
+.I grotty
+marks italicized character cells with underlines instead
+by default\[em]but see
the
.B \-i
option below.
@@ -367,9 +370,11 @@ is a decimal integer.
If the 01 bit in
.I n
is set,
-then the font is treated as an italic font;
+.I grotty
+treats the font as slanted;
if the 02 bit is set,
-then it is treated as a bold font.
+.I grotty
+treats the font as bold.
.
.\" The following seems to say nothing that is not true of font
.\" description files in general; if so, it belongs in groff_font(5).
@@ -555,10 +560,7 @@ Tabs are assumed to be set every 8 columns.
.
.TP
.B \-i
-Render oblique-styled fonts
-.RB ( I
-and
-.BR BI )
+Render fonts marked as slanted
with the SGR attribute for italic text
rather than underlined text.
.
@@ -582,10 +584,7 @@ format is in use).
.
.TP
.B \-r
-Render oblique-styled fonts
-.RB ( I
-and
-.BR BI )
+Render fonts marked as slanted
with the SGR attribute for reverse video text
rather than underlined text.
.
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