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Oblique characters follow the structure of the upright styles, while italics have a different structure, informed by cursive writing.

Obliques are not merely digitally slanted—optical corrections are made to avoid distortions and an incorrect distribution of weight.

![Two paragraphs of identical text, with the first set in an upright typeface and the second in its oblique form.](images/thumbnail.svg)

Generally, obliques are less common than italics, and usually only occur in sans serif designs. An example of a typeface that has obliques rather than italics is Josefin Sans.