Definition: Fonts that have been tilted are meant to represent italic or oblique typefaces. When a true italic or true oblique font is unavailable, some software programs will simply tilt the upright roman face to simulate italic type. Some poorly designed fonts use tilted type in place of a carefully drawn italic.
One problem with using tilted type in place of true italics is that when having material commercially printed the tilted or fake italics may not print properly, coming out in plain roman type or being distorted in some way. Additionally, in true italics certain letterforms may be redrawn quite a bit differently than in the tilted roman version as seen in the illustration on this page. Aesthetically, a carefully drawn italics is visually superior to tilted type.
Also Known As: fake italic | slanted
