Add stylistic font transformation: italic

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Difficulty
4/5
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3-5 days
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45/100
Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
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Quiet
Domain
design

Research direction

Start with the FontForge Styles guide and inspect the XKCD back-catalogue for references to actual italicised characters. Determine how the font's existing characters are represented and define the italic transformation, including exceptions found in those references; done means an italic style is available and matches the relevant examples.

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Description

We might get away with an automatic transformation for most of the characters - but there are plenty of examples in the XKCD back-catalogue of actual italicised versions (fans: please provide references to the XKCDs in the comments).

Useful guide: https://fontforge.org/docs/ui/dialogs/Styles.html

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