Re: TTML2 wide review comment: styling

> On Oct 3, 2017, at 22:49 , Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
> 
> Actually, I was responding to David Singer regarding the CSS WG having discussed oblique. While that is true, I don't know whether they have discussed shear.

Yes, I searched for both words, as the usage sometimes overlaps, though oblique is usually used for a designed oblique face, and shear for a generated one. (However, there is plenty of practice that mixes it up; the original Mac did italic by shearing iirc.)


David Singer
Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Wednesday, 4 October 2017 14:43:17 UTC