Italic

Adjective

 * 1)  Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
 * 2)  Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.
 * The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.

Synonyms

 * cursive
 * oblique

Antonyms

 * upright

Derived terms

 * italicize
 * italics

Related terms

 * roman
 * boldface

Noun



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

Thesaurus
ascender, autograph, autographic, back, bastard type, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, body, calligraphic, cap, capital, case, chirographic, counter, cursive, descender, em, en, engrossed, face, fat-faced type, feet, flowing, font, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric, groove, holograph, holographic, in longhand, in shorthand, in writing, inscribed, italicized, letter, ligature, logotype, longhand, lower case, majuscule, manuscript, minuscule, nick, on paper, penciled, penned, pi, pica, point, print, printed, roman, running, sans serif, script, scriptorial, scriptural, shank, shorthand, shoulder, small cap, small capital, stamp, stem, stylographic, type, type body, type class, type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders, typefoundry, upper case, written

Adjective

 * Dutch: cursief
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * Catalan:
 * Faroese: skákskrift, skráskrift
 * German: Kursivdruck
 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, itálica, letra bastardilla
 * Swedish: