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The easiest faux vs real italics to spot are those of serif typefaces. Most well designed serif typefaces are significantly different in their italic forms. They are cursive and more calligraphic. Straight serifs turn to curved "flicks" and different glyph shapes are often used.

May 19, 2020 · In this post I want to bring to your attention another common typographic atrocity that is allowed (some would say encouraged) by Microsoft Word, namely, the ability to apply “italic” styling to any typeface, even if the designer of that typeface did not intend for it …

Feb 26, 2008 · Neither the shear transform nor adding a stroke require the text to be converted to outlines. If the same font is available to the printer, output should not be an issue. Still, 'faux' bold and italic effects should be avoided for typographic reasons.

The attempt by software to emulate an italic style, bold (or other) weight, or small caps in lieu of actual font files for those variants.

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Mar 10, 2007 · Someone recently posted this to my private inbox asking what this meant: ITI SAPIS POTANDITIS ABIGONE, which was in the side of a large vase "unearthed" in an archeological dig. I cracked my head a lot, A LOT to figure this one out... Finally I got it... I felt so stupid and laughed so much. Interesting...I don't get it.

Sep 15, 2015 · A faux italic is what happens in some text editors when you hit that little ‘i’ button. You may also see a faux italic on websites that are using fancy web fonts without an italic version. What you’re seeing is your normal upright font that has been force-slanted — bullied, even — to the right to make it “italic.”

Aug 24, 2021 · TL;DW: Faux italics are artificially created italics by the browser. They are distorted, without optical corrections, which is bad. The browser creates them, because the needed font file is not provided.

Faux italic/slanted Type that is photographically or electronically slanted at an angle. Can be accidental or on purpose, e.g. to emulate unavailable italics, or to further increase the angle of an italic style.