Hi,
can anyone explain why the Ubuntu font, when using Gimp at least, flits between a round lower case 'a' and curly one depending on whether it is in italics or not?
Hi,
can anyone explain why the Ubuntu font, when using Gimp at least, flits between a round lower case 'a' and curly one depending on whether it is in italics or not?
Many fonts have a separate italic version (known as true italic) with certain letters having special shapes (most noticeably the a and f). If you were to disable or delete the italic version of Ubuntu and restart GIMP then you would see what is known as a fake italic -- the same typeface simply slanted to the right.
Stephen : Graphic Designer | Atari fan | Opera user since 1997
thank you.
any way to get the 'italic' version upright?
- Create text layer with italic font
- Layer->Text to path
- Use the shear tool to apply the transform to the path to make the italics upright
- Select from path, bucket fill or else:
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