Greetings, I was generating an italic sans serif with a 15-degree deviation from the regular axis.
To what extent do italic letter forms differ from standard axis letter forms? (Please recommend videos, blogs, or literature)
Could you kindly provide a step-by-step explanation of the process?
How should the caret offset be computed? Is a formula applicable to that?
Can spacing and kerning of plain axial characters be replicated via copy-paste?
Thank you.
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Regarding slant and offset.... Basically, if you slant letters for a western italic angle, they end up sticking out to the right and getting away from the left bounds. If you are creating italics by starting with slanted upright letters, after slanting, you need to shift the letters back to the left.
The amount of shift would also be the amount of caret offset to apply.
More on those issues at the 43:32 mark in this video: https://youtu.be/tbc_O7bNROs?si=HN4Vq1Ubb13HzvjM&t=2612
I thought that was pioneered by FontLab VI, and not in Glyphs until after version 2. Am I mistaken?