[DejaVu-bugs] [Bug 9176] New: Make Sans Italic a true italic?

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9176          
     
           Summary: Make Sans Italic a true italic?
           Product: DejaVu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Sans
        AssignedTo: dejavu-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: baums at u.washington.edu


DejaVu Sans Italic is currently not a true italic face, but on oblique face. 
This is about characters such as Latin ‘a’ and Cyrillic ‘а,’ ‘г,’ ‘т’ etc. that
do not actually change to their proper italic shape but only get slanted
(contrast Serif normal and Serif Italic).  Is there a reason for not having a
real Sans Italic, or is it just low on the list of priorities?  (Is there a
policy of preserving glyph shape identity with the Bitstream Vera fonts?)

Thanks,
Stefan          
     
     
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