italic

Speech parts

1. italic - Noun

2. italic - Adjective

3. Italic - Proper noun

Meaning

Relating to Italy or to its people.

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.

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.

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Oh, there is nothing better than intelligent conversation except thrashing about in bed with a naked girl and Egmont Light Italic. Donald Barthelme

ancient Italic dialects Source: Internet

italic characters Source: Internet

A bold italic combination (bold slanted) does not exist for all font families. Source: Internet

After the advent of printing in Europe in 1455, printers made extensive use of both the italic and Roman ampersands. Source: Internet

Block main The Unicode block for Old Italic is U+10300 U+1032F without specification of a particular alphabet (i.e. the Old Italic alphabets are considered equivalent, and the font used will determine the variant). Source: Internet

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