3/27/18
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Chloe SilverBlog showing oblique, not italics
1 Recommended AnswerWhen looking at my Blogger blog, I notice that the italics of the Merriweather font (within the post body) are not true italics, but presumably oblique. Comparing this with Merriweather on the Google Fonts website, the difference is clear.
My blog:
www.blog.chloesilver.ca
Merriweather on Google Fonts:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Merriweather
I have seen this question/issue discussed in numerous other posts on this forum, but there is never a resolution as the respondents always claim that this issue is caused by a possibly corrupted font on the OP's computer. But I see two different types of "italic" when comparing my blog to Google Fonts.
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3/28/18
irsahHi Chloe...
Unfortunately, Merriweather italic font library is not imported when this font is selected -- then dynamically included in a blog page.
Google fonts have separated each font files for example: regular, regular italic, light, light italic, bold, bold italic etc. I guess only the Merriweather regular font file is included when this font is selected via Blogger Theme Designer.
Since that users have the ability to further extend a blog Theme, Layout & design, you can further improve your blog design -- to the detail. Use workarounds below which may suit your conditions best
Workaround #1
Add/import Merriweather Italic font files at your theme Edit HTML between <head> ... </head> tag:-
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Merriweather:400i' rel='stylesheet'/>
Click Save Theme
Refresh your blog pages to see the changes.
The results:
Without Merriweather Italic font file (highlighted red)
With Merriweather Italic font file (highlighted green)
You can see the difference in Merriweather italic font weight, tilt, line height etc..
Workaround #2
Another workaround is to select Merriweather - Italic via Blogger theme designer. The appropriate italic font file will be included. But then all your post body text will be italicize instead -- not what you want to achieve. More "tweaks" you may need to consider.... ;)
Regards
+irsah
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3/27/18
Gábor PusztaiPlease send your blog URL once again.
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3/27/18
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Chloe Silver3/27/18
Gábor PusztaiThank you for your quick reply.
Your template:Regular Google font:
Sorry, I must to ask you: this your most important problem ?
3/27/18
Original Poster
Chloe SilverHi again Gábor,
Thank you for pointing out the "Simple" blog design - I suppose you were inferring that that was somehow the cause.
If that is the case, can you tell me how to override it so I achieve the proper italic style?
Thanks again.
3/27/18
Adam the Apple BloggerHello Chloe,
I have escalated this as a bug to Google. it does not seem to me that you are doing anything wrong and this should not be happening.4 MORE
3/29/18
Adam the Apple BloggerThank you, irsah.
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