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Re: How do I get Lucida Grande italic into my application?
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Re: How do I get Lucida Grande italic into my application?


  • Subject: Re: How do I get Lucida Grande italic into my application?
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:21:29 -0800


On Nov 12, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Eric Gorr wrote:

Unfortunately, the link
<http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/browser/trunk/WebCore/platform/mac/FontMac.mm#L583 >
is no longer valid

The file's been moved in the WebKit source tree since that URL was posted. Searching for 'FontMac.mm' in Trac shows that the up to date URL is
http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/platform/graphics/mac/FontMac.mm



On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Eric Gorr wrote:
[italicTransform rotateByDegrees:kRotationForItalicText];

You don't want a rotation for that; use a skew transform.

And as a font weenie I am compelled to point out that this is not an italic font, it's an oblique; and a synthetic oblique at that.

FYI, the 'Lucida Sans' font family, which is all but identical to Lucida Grande, includes a true italic. It's on every Mac I've used, but I'm not sure if it's in the base install, or installed as part of an external package like iWork. It would be worth looking into, as the real italic looks much nicer than a fake oblique.

—Jens_______________________________________________

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