Oblique face

As explained in Design for Developers

An oblique style is a slanted version of a typeface in which the character designs remain otherwise the same as the normal style.

An oblique face is a slanted version of a typeface whose character designs remain otherwise unchanged. Unlike italics, it does not introduce more script-like letterforms or other redesigned details. section 8.1.3

Choosing between oblique and italic

Use an oblique style when you want the existing typeface to lean without changing its character designs; choose an italic when a more cursive, redesigned appearance is intended. section 8.1.3

Figure 8.11 An oblique font is just a slanted version of the original font.

Compare the original typeface with its simply slanted oblique form. section 8.1.3

How Design for Developers covers it

How deep it goes

Defines oblique faces and distinguishes them from italics, but does not detail their implementation.

Examples

Uses a figure showing an oblique font as the same typeface in a simply slanted form.

What you can do after

Evaluate whether a slanted treatment preserves the original character designs or introduces italic redesign.

How it connects

Connects oblique faces with italics, typeface families, font styles, and typographic emphasis.

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Related concepts

• italicscontrasts with · Italics are a typographic style with slanted letterforms used to emphasize or visually distinguish text.
• font stylekind of · A font style is a stylistic variant of a typeface distinguished by properties such as weight, width, slant, or spacing.

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