斜体

See also: 斜體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 斜体 – see 斜體 (“slanting script; italics”). (This term is the simplified form of 斜體).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
斜	体
しゃ Grade: S	たい Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
斜體 (kyūjitai)

Noun

斜(しゃ)体(たい) • (shatai) 

1. (typography) oblique type

   Coordinate terms: 正体, 長体, 平体

Usage notes

• 斜体 (shatai) was originally a phototypesetting feature, created with a distorting lens, but now is available in digital typesetting.
• In Western typography, oblique type only involves skewing glyphs horizontally, while keeping their bottoms still and pushing their tops to the right. In Japanese typography, 斜体 (shatai) allows for more options, such as skewing glyphs vertically or simultaneously vertically and horizontally, pushing the bottoms of glyphs, and adjusting their spacing based on 詰め (tsume).

See also

• イタリック体(たい) (itarikku-tai, “italic type”)
• 太字(ふとじ) (futoji); ボールド体(たい) (bōrudotai, “bold type”)
• 下(か)線(せん) (kasen, “underline”)