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Originally Posted by stumped
What is a fake italic, and how is it different from a non fake italic?
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I identify "fake italics" as those where an app just uses the Regular font then slants it a bit. In English it's most noticeable with a lower case 'f'. Typically a real italic 'f' has half the glyph as a descender below the baseline, whereas the fake italic is slanted but has no descender.