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copied!<p>So, first, my method of creating the italic font was deeply flawed. Instead of simply applying a rotation to the text, I needed to apply a skew transform. I ended up finding a good skew transform to apply at <a href="http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/platform/graphics/mac/FontMac.mm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">WebKit's Font code</a>. It contained the skew transform:</p> <pre><code>CGAffineTransformMake(1, 0, -tanf(SYNTHETIC_OBLIQUE_ANGLE * acosf(0) / 90), 1, 0, 0) </code></pre> <p>It does look good. The cocoa code to set this up is:</p> <pre><code>const CGFloat kRotationForItalicText = -14.0; NSAffineTransform *fontTransform = [NSAffineTransform transform]; [fontTransform scaleBy:[NSFont systemFontSizeForControlSize:NSMiniControlSize]]; NSAffineTransformStruct italicTransformData; italicTransformData.m11 = 1; italicTransformData.m12 = 0; italicTransformData.m21 = -tanf( kRotationForItalicText * acosf(0) / 90 ); italicTransformData.m22 = 1; italicTransformData.tX = 0; italicTransformData.tY = 0; NSAffineTransform *italicTransform = [NSAffineTransform transform]; [italicTransform setTransformStruct:italicTransformData]; </code></pre> <p>However, I was told by another person that the "Lucida Sans" font is virtually identical to Lucida Grande and does have a real italic variant.</p> <p>So, basically, I am using a different font, but one that should meet with full approval. However, if for some reason the Lucida Sans font cannot be found, I will default back to systemFontOfSize and apply the above transform to it if necessary.</p>

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