Definitions for: Italic


[n] a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
[n] a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
[n] a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
[adj] of or relating to the Italic languages; "ancient Italic dialects"
[adj] characterized by slanting characters; "italic characters"



Webster (1913) Definition: I*tal"ic, a. [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.)
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.

Synonyms: Italic language

See Also: cursive, face, font, fount, Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Latin, longhand, Osco-Umbrian, running hand, typeface

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