italic

A true italic font (bottom).

Meanings

Adjective

Noun

  • A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
  • An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.

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Origin

  • The typographic style is called italics because it was first used by an Italian printer, Aldo Manuzio, around 1500.

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