R054: Italic/oblique applied to Arabic text
Fonts without Arabic glyphs, letter-spacing that breaks joined letters, cramped line height, and Latin styling applied to Arabic.
The check
- Id
- R054
- Category
- Typography
- Default severity
- medium
What it looks for
Italic/oblique applied to Arabic text
How to fix it
Arabic has no italic tradition, browsers synthesize an ugly mechanical slant. Emphasize with weight or color instead: :lang(ar) em { font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; }.
More typography checks
- R050Arabic text falling back past the declared font family (measured, declared, or a webfont that failed to load)
- R051letter-spacing applied to Arabic text (breaks the connected script)
- R052line-height below 1.5 on Arabic body text
- R053Arabic body text below 14px
- R055Latin display styling (uppercase + tracking) applied to Arabic
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