italic
See also: Italic
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Italic-vs-roman.png)
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Etymology
The typographic style is called italics because it was first used by an Italian printer, Aldo Manuzio, around 1500.
Adjective
italic (not comparable)
- (typography, of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
- (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.
Usage notes
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Oblique_type_example.png/220px-Oblique_type_example.png)
- The sense of “oblique” is more recent, and still sometimes criticized, but is now by far the more common sense in everyday use.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (oblique): upright
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
designed to resemble a handwriting style
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having a slant to the right
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Noun
italic (plural italics)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Schriftzug_Humanistische_Kursive.svg/220px-Schriftzug_Humanistische_Kursive.svg.png)
- (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.
- An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
Translations
typeface whose letters slant to the right
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