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ZootHornRollo
May 26th, 2013, 10:41 PM
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?
Newfoundlander
May 29th, 2013, 02:14 AM
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.
ZootHornRollo
June 1st, 2013, 05:50 AM
thank you.
any way to get the 'italic' version upright?
ofnuts
June 1st, 2013, 04:13 PM
- 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:
http://i.imgur.com/qeQdYYO.png
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