font-style: italic vs oblique in CSS

Question

What is the difference between these two:

font-style:italic
font-style:oblique

I tried using the W3Schools editor but was unable to tell th

Answer 1

As with italic and oblique, the same difference is visible when comparing italic with faux italic.

You will see faux-italics wherever a normal font is skewed with font-style: italic; whereas a true italic font is designed to be slanted.

The bottom of the two ll​s shows the difference clearly.

See Example