italic
noun
- Font style characterised by cursive typeface and slanted design
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɪˈtalɪk/ / /ɪˈtælɪk/ / /aɪˈtælɪk/
adj
Etymology: Via Latin ītalicus from Ancient Greek Ἰταλικός (Italikós), from Ἰταλία (Italía, “Italy”).
- Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
- 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
- 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
“The ancient Italic languages that are now extinct include Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.”
- 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.
“There were several Italic alphabets, one being the Etruscan alphabet.”
name
Etymology: Via Latin ītalicus from Ancient Greek Ἰταλικός (Italikós), from Ἰταλία (Italía, “Italy”).
- The Italic family taken as a whole.
“The centum families include Celtic, Germanic, Greek, and Italic.”
noun
Etymology: Named after the nation of Italy, as it was first used by an Italian printer, Aldo Manuzio, around 1500. Literally Italy + -ic.
- A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
“Names of vessels, as the Kearsarge or the Alabama, are frequently put in italic.”
“[…] 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.
“Spenser uses two different scripts: an Elizabethan secretary hand for English texts, and an italic 'mixed' with secretary graphs for Latin texts […]”