ITALIC

Italic

(adjective) of or relating to the Italic languages; “ancient Italic dialects”

italic

(adjective) characterized by slanting characters; “italic characters”

italic

(noun) a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

italic

(noun) a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right

Italic, Italic language

(noun) a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

Italic (not comparable)

Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.

(Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy and also the Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, etc.); the group of ancient languages of this branch as contrasted with the modern Romance languages; Osco-Umbrian

(ancient history) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several alphabet systems used by those peoples for writing their languages.

Proper noun

Italic

An Italic language.

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.

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.

Synonyms

• cursive

• oblique

Antonyms

• (oblique): upright

Noun

italic (plural italics)

(typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.

An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.

Source: Wiktionary

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I*tal"ic, a. Etym: [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf. Italian.]

1. Relating to Italy or to its people.

2. Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500. Italic languages, the group or family of languages of ancient Italy.

– Italic order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite.

– Italic school, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were first promulgated.

– Italic version. See Itala.

I*tal"ic, n.; pl. Italics (. (Print.)

Definition: An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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