popular from the end of the 17th century was a switch to an open form h matching the n, a development seen in the Romain du roi type of the 1690s, replacing the folded, closed-form h of 16th- and 17th-century italics, and sometimes simplification of the entrance stroke.

Examples

True italic forms are generally cursive in nature, while oblique faces are typically sloped versions of the roman face. Here is an example of normal (roman) and true italics text:

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