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(unrelated) what's the font used for the cursive in the article? the heading is ibm plex serif and the content dm mono, but the cursive font is simply labeled as dm mono which isn't accurate

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Seems to be Dank Mono Regular Italic: https://philpl.gumroad.com/l/dank-mono

oh! i mistook 'dm' to be 'dm mono', but this appears to be correct

Chrome Dev console shows that the italics font is indeed named "dm" just like the rest of the content. It is not really a cursive, only a few letters are stylized ("f", "s" and "l").

It is possible (and often desirable) to use different WOFF fonts for italics, and they can look quite different from the standard font.

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