What is difference between these two
font-style:italic
font-style:oblique
I tried with w3school Tryit Editor. Visually unable to find any difference. http://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_font-style
Any further information, I'm missing??
Generally, an italic is a special version of the font, whereas an oblique version is just the regular version inclined a bit. So both are slanted and related to the regular font, but an italic will have special letterforms made especially for it.
Most fonts have either an italic or an oblique version; I've never seen one that has both. (If you have an italic version, why bother with an oblique version?)
In the purest (type designer) sense, an oblique is a roman font that has been skewed a certain number of degrees (8-12 degrees, usually.) An italic is created by the type designer with specific characters (notably lowercase a) drawn differently to create a more calligraphic, as well as slanted version.
Some type foundaries have arbitrarily created obliques that aren't necessarily approved by the designers themselves...some fonts were meant not to be italicized or obliqued...but people did anyway. And as you may know, some operating systems will, upon clicking the 'italic' icon, skew the font and create an oblique on the fly. Not a pleasant sight.
It's best to specify an italic only when you're sure that font has been designed with one.