Re: Can't get italic face!

["romeomedina\@libero\.it" <romeomedina@libero.it>]

Rodolfo wrote:

> I want to get the italic face, but can't:
> I select a word, then do `M-g i' and nothing happens.
> Instead, `M-g b' for bold face and `M-g u' for underline work fine.
> Any suggestion?
> I have CVS Emacs 21.3.50.


August wrote:

> Does the selected font define an italic shape?
> [...]
> If you are using a raster font that don't have an
> italic shape (no such glyphs defined) then you're out of luck. Some
> fonts, e.g. Proggy Clean, don't even have a bold shape. With vector
> fonts (e.g. True Type) the application can sometimes change the shape of
> the a font (with no italic/bold shape defined) by applying a transform.
> Nevertheless, the result will only look good if the font has a real
> italic shape defined.


Yes, you are right. I was using a sony fixed font, configured
in my ~/.Xdefaults. When I removed ~/.Xdefaults, and then restart X,
I got the italic face with the default Emacs font.
Thanks indeed.
However, it a shame: I like that sony fixed font very much,
and it's sad it doesn't have the possibility to define an oblique shape.
Nothing at all to do in this sense?

Cheers,
Rodolfo




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