italic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   printed or written with letters that slope to the right, often for emphasis

   Put the title of the novel in italic type.

2. 2
   noun

   an italic typeface or a character printed in that style

   The editor changed the emphasized phrase from bold to italic.

3. 3
   adj

   relating to the ancient peoples or languages of the Italian peninsula

   Latin belonged to the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family.

From Latin Italicus 'Italian.' The typographic sense refers to the sloping type developed in Italy by Francesco Griffo for the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius around 1500; English later extended the name from the Italian design to the style itself.

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