On 22/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Will Robertson</b> <<a href="mailto:wspr81@gmail.com">wspr81@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br> <br> fontspec doesn't support both the idea of separate italic and slanted<br> shapes because I think it's stupid :) Just because a font family might<br> have them doesn't mean you'd want to use them at the same time.</blockquote>
<div><br>I think the only merit would be in a mathematical text where variables are italic and, to avoid confusion, emphasised texts are oblique. Knuth has done this; it's probably the reason he designed Computer Modern this way. I would personally see whether I can emphasise using some other method.<br>
<br>Andrew<br></div></div>