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M+ FONTS
https://mplusfonts.github.io
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Are there any plans on expanding to italics? #16

Open dburov190 opened 3 years ago

dburov190 commented 3 years ago

Hi! I really like M+ fonts, but on many occasions I'd like to use italics for emphasis. Are you considering expanding the fonts to include italic types?

Thanks!

coz-m commented 3 years ago

I also have a desire to align italics and complete it as a Latin font, but before that I would like to try some Japanese Kana variations and add the missing Kanji glyphs, so I think it will be a while later.

ttyrakow commented 2 years ago

I humbly join the request by @dburov190. Combining M PLUS 2 with M PLUS Code Latin 60 in an IDE (like IntelliJ or Godot) creates a unique experience. Italics would be a great addition. Unfortunately, my experience with font creation is next to none (although I can imagine how much work it requires), so I can only wait patiently, hoping you'll eventually add italics to your coding fonts (which are great nonetheless, italics or not).

JordanAnthonyKing commented 2 years ago

So long as it's not a cursive italic font like so many hipster coding fonts are wont to do recently :L

ttyrakow commented 2 years ago

No, nothing like operator mono or such! I had a dedicated italic version of the font in mind (the automatic "italization" of a straight font made by some editors doesn't look well).

pkazmier commented 2 years ago

Likewise. M PLUS Code is my new favorite programming font. It’s easily the most legible and stylish font I’ve used. I, too, look forward to real italics (not script-like) someday. Thanks for your efforts on such a beautiful font.

astrolemonade commented 2 years ago

Thank you for this amazing font set. I would really like an italic version of the font.

Zaeroses commented 2 years ago

I'll look into generating italic font files for personal use for the time being, but I would also appreciate a (readable) italic version! And, like others say, script versions for italics don't work (certainly not for monospace fonts), and they make it really quite hard for me to read... the reason I use M+ fonts is specifically for their readability over nearly any other monospace font I have found!

For many things, automatic 'italization' does work - I feel like it's only certain letters that require italic versions, like a, f, i, j, k, q, x, y perhaps...? I don't know, I am no font designer!