Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-fonts] Access arbitrary points on a variable 'ital' axis via `font-style` (#3909)

So Roslindale Variable Italic has three breakpoints(.25, .5, .75)  between 0 and 1 on the `ital` axis; at each breakpoint a set of glyphs switches between Roman and Italic forms. I presume that the order in which this happens is thought by DJR to convey how strongly this makes the overall face to be "more Italic". 

The same effect would normally be achieved by stylistic sets.

@davelab6 I guess you are reporting two problems:

1. `oblique <angle>?` is mutually exclusive with norml and italic
2. there is no `italicness <amount>?`

It is certainly possible to change this, with `normal` being a synonym for `italicness 0 oblique 0` and `italic` for `italicness 1 oblique 0`.

The questions is whether we _should_, or whether this one font is more of an experiment (perhaps preparatory to an erratum on OFF and OpenType?)

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