Definition:
- (a.) Relating to Italy or to its people.
- (a.) 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.) 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.
Compare italic with other words:
italic vs. vitalic
bold vs. italic
italic vs. primary
italic vs. script
italic vs. print
alphabet vs. italic
italic vs. oscan
italic vs. latin
italian vs. italic
italic vs. right
boldface vs. italic
italic vs. italicize
italic vs. upright
italic vs. oblique
cursive vs. italic
italic vs. slant
italic vs. lean
italic vs. letter
handwriting vs. italic
italic vs. typeface
italic vs. italics
emphasis vs. italic
italic vs. style
italic vs. roman
font vs. italic