From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Jun 20 2003 - 18:15:14 EDT
At 14:44 -0700 2003-06-20, Kenneth Whistler wrote:
> > I think that Italic is to avoid for most Asian scripts, as readers are not
>> used to it.
>
>For body text, in documents or on web pages, I would agree.
A wide range of oblique styles have been used in many Indian scripts
for a very long time now. Generally they are used as display type, in
headlines, for instance.
-- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
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