"italic" variants should be renamed to "oblique" #25

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adam · 2025-12-30T01:29:14+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:29:14 +01:00

Originally created by @rjp on GitHub (Dec 16, 2025).

Originally assigned to: @sayyadirfanali on GitHub.

The "italic" variants are actually "oblique" ("a slanted version of the font") and should[0] be named as such.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_type - "Unlike italic type, however, it does not use different glyph shapes; it uses the same glyphs as roman type, except slanted."

I sadly don't know enough about the internals of fonts to comment on the metadata changes that might be required but this hopefully helps cover off what might need twizzling - https://grida.co/docs/reference/italic

[0] this is font nerdery and I doubt most people would care but it would be nice.

Originally created by @rjp on GitHub (Dec 16, 2025). Originally assigned to: @sayyadirfanali on GitHub. The "italic" variants are actually "oblique" ("a slanted version of the font") and should[0] be named as such. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_type - "Unlike italic type, however, it does not use different glyph shapes; it uses the same glyphs as roman type, except slanted." I sadly don't know enough about the internals of fonts to comment on the metadata changes that might be required but this hopefully helps cover off what might need twizzling - https://grida.co/docs/reference/italic [0] this is font nerdery and I doubt most people would care but it would be nice.

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2025-12-30 01:29:15 +01:00

@sayyadirfanali commented on GitHub (Dec 24, 2025):

@rjp i've made the necessary changes. can you please check if they work on some GUI apps (which use Italic). i've checked on Linux but not on Windows or MacOS (and also not on all apps).

@sayyadirfanali commented on GitHub (Dec 24, 2025): @rjp i've made the necessary changes. can you please check if they work on some GUI apps (which use Italic). i've checked on Linux but not on Windows or MacOS (and also not on all apps).

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:29:15 +01:00

@rjp commented on GitHub (Dec 25, 2025):

@rjp i've made the necessary changes

I downloaded fonts/Myna-BoldOblique.otf from 4b5ef8c but macOS Fontbook still has it as Italic. The font file still mentions "Bold Italic" in one place (I just ran strings over it) which might be throwing things off? It has the correct name internally.

@rjp commented on GitHub (Dec 25, 2025): > [@rjp](https://github.com/rjp) i've made the necessary changes I downloaded `fonts/Myna-BoldOblique.otf` from 4b5ef8c but macOS Fontbook still has it as Italic. The font file still mentions "Bold Italic" in one place (I just ran `strings` over it) which might be throwing things off? It has the correct name internally.

adam commented

2025-12-30 01:29:15 +01:00

@sayyadirfanali commented on GitHub (Dec 26, 2025):

i've kept the stylemap to point to "Italic" identifiers so that programs which expect "Italic" (and don't check for "Oblique") are not thrown off by the name.

@sayyadirfanali commented on GitHub (Dec 26, 2025): i've kept the stylemap to point to "Italic" identifiers so that programs which expect "Italic" (and don't check for "Oblique") are not thrown off by the name.

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