Hello, Robert!

>       some standard *slanted* X11 fonts (esp. Adobe Courier and Helvetica)
>       have -o- (outline?) instead of -i- (italic) in the XLFD name at the
>       "slant" position. let's use them if an "-i- font" is not available!

"o" means "oblique", which is almost the same as "italic" (AFAIK).
If your X-Server lacks such fonts, you should add some code trying "i" if
"o" is not available. I can imagine that other X-Servers may lack
"italic" fonts.

Pavel Roskin

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