italic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.2 Synonyms 1.1.3 Derived terms 1.1.4 Related terms 1.1.5 Translations 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 See also

[edit] English

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[edit] Adjective

italic (not comparable)

1. (typography, of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
2. (typography, of a typeface or font) Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.

   The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.

[edit] Usage notes

• The sense of “oblique” is more recent, and still sometimes criticized, but is now by far the more common sense in everyday use.

[edit] Synonyms

• cursive
• oblique

[edit] Derived terms

• italicize
• italics

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• roman
• boldface

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[edit] Noun

italic (plural italics)

1. (typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
   • 1902, Theodore Low DeVinne, The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition^[1], page 104:

     Names of vessels, as the Kearsarge or the Alabama, are frequently put in italic.

   • 1983, Ida M. Kimber, The Art of Lettering^[2], translation of original by Albert Kapr, page 329:

     […] ROBERT GRANJON, possibly in collaboration with CLAUDE GARAMOND, had created an italic which matched Garamond Roman.

2. An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
   • 1990, Albert Charles Hamilton, The Spenser Encyclopedia^[3], ISBN 0802079237, page 345:

     Spenser uses two different scripts: an Elizabethan secretary hand for English texts, and an italic 'mixed' with secretary graphs for Latin texts […]

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[edit] See also

• Italian
• Italic
• italical