Font styles

Use the fontStyle style attribute to define the style of a font.

Syntax

{ italic | roman | oblique }

Usage

The style of a font can be specified with a generic name, that is interpreted by the front end depending on the graphical capabilities of the platform. For example, on "Android™ devices, italic and oblique result in the same font aspect.

Table 1. Generic font style
Generic font style name	Definition
`italic`	Specifies an italic font style, using a typeface that slants slightly to the right. Uses a different glyph as the roman style.
`oblique`	Specifies an oblique font style. This style is similar to italic, except that it uses the same glyphs as the roman type, but distorted.
`roman`	Specifies a roman font style. This is the typical default font style in Latin-script typography.

Example

<StyleAttribute name="fontStyle" value="italic" />