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I want to italicize the font Play in my document, but the truetype of that font does not have an italic option as seen on https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Play?query=play. Is there a way for me to italicize this font in Latex? I know google docs somehow does it. Also I am using https://github.com/ccebinger/CTAN_Play/blob/master/Play/texmf/tex/latex/Play/Play.sty to install the font Play in Latex if that makes any difference.

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  • Refer Heiko's answer from https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/251888/slant-character-manually-in-tex-coding – MadyYuvi Oct 20 '22 at 16:04
  • would be easier to use the font directly with luatex than use pdftex and the specific package, most likely (fontspec has support for slanting fonts) – David Carlisle Oct 20 '22 at 16:05

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If you use luatex or xetex, fontspec can slant the font:

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This with luatex.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}


\setmainfont[
AutoFakeSlant=0.3,
BoldFont=Play-Bold.ttf,
ItalicFont=Play-Regular.ttf,
BoldItalicFont=Play-Bold.ttf
]
{Play-Regular.ttf}


\begin{document}


One two \textbf{three} \textit{four}
\end{document}
David Carlisle
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