Italic
Definition of Italic
I`tal´ic | a. | 1. | | | 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. | | n. | 1. | (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. |
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