Harrison explores nuance in its italics. Something between true italics and obliques, they range from the cursive to the playful, from the expressive to letters with the sobriety of unpretentious slanted obliques. Where most italics are shaped by their profusion of diagonals and their slant, in Harrison the horizontal is still the prevailing mood. Even playful characters, like the lowercase w, bring boxy and horizontal quality to the lively and handwritten form.
Thus the italics strike a balance between the business-like and the distinctive without losing focus on what’s important: differentiation from the roman within the same grey value. Alone or in combination with the Roman, Harrison’s italic adds character while keeping a low profile.