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Always thought the idea was that the first slash pushes the letters over, and the second one keeps them from falling down completely.
The unification of underline and italic is an artifact of the limited technology of the typewriter, and I see no reason to preserve that.
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Always thought the idea was that the first slash pushes the letters over, and the second one keeps them from falling down completely.
The unification of underline and italic is an artifact of the limited technology of the typewriter, and I see no reason to preserve that.