slnt description updated with range interpretation

diff --git a/Lib/axisregistry/data/slant.textproto b/Lib/axisregistry/data/slant.textproto
index 06ebc9145aa0e21189f272baf01a632601030dc9..2358d34b7ebb26691d49c3d830e1b79ef7c8a48a 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/axisregistry/data/slant.textproto
+++ b/Lib/axisregistry/data/slant.textproto
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ fallback {
 fallback_only: false
 illustration_url: "slant.svg"
 description:
-  "Adjust the style from upright to slanted, also known to typographers"
-  " as an 'oblique' style. Rarely, slant can work in the other direction,"
-  " called a 'backslanted' or 'reverse oblique' style."
+  "Adjust the style from upright to slanted. Negative values produce"
+  " right-leaning forms, also known to typographers as an 'oblique' style."
+  " Positive values produce left-leaning forms, also called a 'backslanted'"
+  " or 'reverse oblique' style."