https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151322
Bug ID: 151322
Summary: Stop identifying italic with slanted/oblique
Product: LibreOffice
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
An italic font and a slanted/oblique font are not the same thing at all:
https://creativepro.com/typetalk-italic-vs-oblique/
however, our formatting toolbar has a button which applies italicization if
possible and slanting otherwise (already a problem), which is marked with a
slanted-i. That's misleading, or rather - contributes to the confusing between
slanted and italic fonts.
IIANM, this is a legacy of Microsoft's choices in the design of MS Windows,
which persisted in MS-Office and propagated among users, who, these days,
typically aren't well-aware of the difference. We should not continue this
confusion.
As for what to do concretely - there is the long-term rework suggested in bug
bug 35538. But perhaps it's possible to improve on the current state of affairs
today already.
A few ideas of regarding what to do:
1. Change the slanted-I to italic-i on the button, do nothing else.
2. Change the slanted-I to italic-i on the button, never let it select the
slanted/oblique variant of the font.
3. Replace the current button with a three-state button or menubutton: Upright,
slanted, italic.
4. Replace the current button with two buttons for Italic and Slanted
respectively; pressing one depresses the other; only let each of them select
its own variant.
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