if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['font-imp-italics'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to font-ini.mkiv and hand-ini.mkiv",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

local tonumber = tonumber

local handlers = fonts.handlers

-- Instead of a factor we now expect an angle or just "yes". There are some fonts
-- out there that are italic but have no angle but 'fixing' that runtime is just
-- too fragile.

local function initialize(tfmdata,value) -- hm, always value
    if value then
        local parameters  = tfmdata.parameters
        local italicangle = parameters.italicangle or 0
        if italicangle == 0 then
            italicangle = tonumber(value)
        end
        if italicangle ~= 0 then
            local properties = tfmdata.properties
            if not properties.hasitalics then
             -- properties.hasitalics = true -- no!
                properties.useditalicangle = italicangle
                parameters.useditalicangle = italicangle
            end
        end
    end
end

local specification = {
    name         = "itlc",
    description  = "italic correction",
    initializers = {
        base = initialize,
        node = initialize,
    }
}

handlers.otf.features.register(specification)
handlers.afm.features.register(specification)