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0 pointslelf7y ago0 comments

For instance, iTerm supports italic, which Terminal.app doesn't

It does (just checked).

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I believe it's only supported if the font has a defined italic version, and it's unable to generate italic from a regular face.

Which is a major no-no anyway, typographically speaking.

We are talking about terminals. Italics used to be drawn by skewing the pixel clock.

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0 pointslelf7y ago0 comments

For instance, iTerm supports italic, which Terminal.app doesn't

It does (just checked).

I believe it's only supported if the font has a defined italic version, and it's unable to generate italic from a regular face.

Which is a major no-no anyway, typographically speaking.

We are talking about terminals. Italics used to be drawn by skewing the pixel clock.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse