Hello,
There are (generally) multiple weights of a font (i.e Bold, Heavy, Thin, Medium, Book, &c), but are there multiple "weights" or, I guess, "slants" of italics? In terms of severity of the italic, there would be a slight, a normal (italic), and presumably a very italic style. Are there any fonts that have this?
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A classic example is W. A. Dwiggins’ Electra, which he introduced in 1935 with an oblique italic (basically a slanted version of the Roman), perhaps informed by a theory of Stanley Morison. However, it was not well received, and subsequently in 1940 he added a true italic—also known as a cursive italic.
IIRC Bembo is another old type available with two italic styles, one with a very slight angle, the other more conventional. But that is an even more convoluted story.
Usually it's not just the degree of slant, but more so the degree of cursiveness that is varied.
It has separate variable font axes for slant and cursivity, and another one for casual-ness. https://www.recursive.design/
Grilli Type’s Planar slants -45º to 45º in increments of 15º
Very Cool Studio’s Nudge which has an Italic and a Very Italic
Phaedra Charle’s Pulpa from their time at Type@Cooper
Commercial Type’s Ayer has different styles of italics
Michelangelo Nigra’s Rapida & Rapidissima