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Oblique type

Oblique type

Overview
Oblique type (or slanted, sloped) is a form of type that slants slightly to the right, used in the same manner as italic type
Italic type
In typography, italic type refers to cursive typefaces based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. The influence from calligraphy can be seen in their usual slight slanting to the right. Different glyph shapes from roman type are also usually used—another influence from calligraphy...

. Unlike italic type, however, it does not use different glyph
Glyph
A glyph is an element of writing. It is a slightly vague term, but a more precise definition might be an individual mark on paper or another written medium which contributes to the meaning of what is written there...

 shapes; it uses the same glyphs as roman type
Roman type
In Typography, "roman" type has two principal meanings, both stemming from the stylistic origin of text typefaces from inscriptional capitals used in ancient Rome:* one of the major families of traditional typefaces as a synonym for serif or antiqua fonts....

, except distorted. Oblique fonts are usually associated with sans-serif
Sans-serif
In typography, a sans-serif or sans serif typeface is one that does not have the small features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the Latin word sans, meaning "without"....

 typefaces, especially with geometric faces, as opposed to humanist ones whose design tends to draw more on history.
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Oblique type (or slanted, sloped) is a form of type that slants slightly to the right, used in the same manner as italic type
Italic type
In typography, italic type refers to cursive typefaces based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. The influence from calligraphy can be seen in their usual slight slanting to the right. Different glyph shapes from roman type are also usually used—another influence from calligraphy...

. Unlike italic type, however, it does not use different glyph
Glyph
A glyph is an element of writing. It is a slightly vague term, but a more precise definition might be an individual mark on paper or another written medium which contributes to the meaning of what is written there...

 shapes; it uses the same glyphs as roman type
Roman type
In Typography, "roman" type has two principal meanings, both stemming from the stylistic origin of text typefaces from inscriptional capitals used in ancient Rome:* one of the major families of traditional typefaces as a synonym for serif or antiqua fonts....

, except distorted. Oblique fonts are usually associated with sans-serif
Sans-serif
In typography, a sans-serif or sans serif typeface is one that does not have the small features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the Latin word sans, meaning "without"....

 typefaces, especially with geometric faces, as opposed to humanist ones whose design tends to draw more on history. Oblique and italic type are often confused.

An example of normal (roman
Roman type
In Typography, "roman" type has two principal meanings, both stemming from the stylistic origin of text typefaces from inscriptional capitals used in ancient Rome:* one of the major families of traditional typefaces as a synonym for serif or antiqua fonts....

)
and true italics
Italic type
In typography, italic type refers to cursive typefaces based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. The influence from calligraphy can be seen in their usual slight slanting to the right. Different glyph shapes from roman type are also usually used—another influence from calligraphy...

text:

The same example, as oblique text:

The start of this confusion possibly appeared when Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Frutiger is one of the prominent typeface designers of the twentieth century, who continues influencing the direction of digital typography in the twenty-first century; he is best known for creating the typefaces Univers and Frutiger....

 named the slanted versions of his typefaces Univers
Univers
Univers is the name of a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1954.Originally conceived and released by Deberny & Peignot in 1957, the type library was acquired in 1972 by Haas. Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei was later folded into the D...

 and Frutiger
Frutiger
Frutiger is a series of typefaces named after its designer, Adrian Frutiger. Initially available as a sans serif, it was later expanded to include ornamental and serif typefaces.-Frutiger:...

 as italic. Following this viewpoint, sans-serif
Sans-serif
In typography, a sans-serif or sans serif typeface is one that does not have the small features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. The term comes from the Latin word sans, meaning "without"....

 typefaces often do not have true italic versions. The Gill Sans
Gill Sans
Gill Sans is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.The original design appeared in 1926 when Douglas Cleverdon opened his own bookshop in his home town of Bristol, where Eric Gill painted the fascia over the window in sans-serif capitals that would be later be known as Gill Sans...

 and Goudy Sans typefaces are two well-known exceptions. The sans-serif fonts within the ClearType Font Collection introduced in Windows Vista typefaces have true italic versions, as does the older Trebuchet MS
Trebuchet MS
Trebuchet MS is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Vincent Connare for the Microsoft Corporation in 1996. It is named after the trebuchet, a medieval siege engine. The name was inspired by a puzzle question that Vincent Connare heard within Microsoft headquarters...

 typeface.

One example of their usage is the New King James Version
New King James Version
The New King James Version is a modern translation of the Bible published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. . The anglicized edition was originally known as the Revised Authorized Version, but the NKJV title is now used universally....

 of the Bible
Bible
The Bible contains the central religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. Modern Judaism generally recognizes a single set of canonical books known as the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, as it is written almost entirely in the Hebrew language, with some small portions in Aramaic...

, where both oblique and italic type are used: oblique is used to highlight Old Testament
Old Testament
In Christianity, the Old Testament is the collection of books that form the first of the two-part Christian Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions. In the Eastern Orthodox Church the comparable texts are known as the Septuagint, from the...

 references in the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christian Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament, both terms being associated with Supersessionism...

, and italics are used to insert words not in the original language but required in translation. http://www.bible-researcher.com/nkjv.html

True oblique typefaces have letterforms which are slanted, but maintain the proportions of counter
Counter (typography)
In typography, a counter or aperture is an area entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol . Letters containing closed counters include A, B, D, O, P, Q, R, a, b, d, g, o, p, and q. Letters containing open counters include e, s, c, h etc. The digits 0, 4, 6, 8, and 9 also possess...

s and the thick-and-thin quality of strokes. They are sometimes generated automatically by computer display systems when italic style is requested but appropriate font data is absent.

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