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Old 05-24-2008, 08:09 AM   #78
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I've attached an illustration which shows the difference.

Compare the letters "f", "a", and "g" in the italic font to that of the synthesised one - you'll see that the letters are formed in different ways and (to my mind) look a lot more attractive in the "genuine" italic font.
I see. Yes it looks nicer I see the difference.

Thanks for the pic. I wanted to ask someone here to produce something like that but didn't want to bother anyone.

[EDIT] However, I have just made a quick trial:


Except "f" the rest os the letters looks OK although not as good as true italics. In your example the difference is a lot more noticeable. Maybe it depends on base font and that's why I don't use Swiss because Times fonts present synthesised italics a lot better.

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