Italic Definition & Meaning

italic
adjective
  1. characterized by slanting characters; "italic characters"
  2. of or relating to the Italic languages; "ancient Italic dialects"
noun
  1. a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
  2. a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
  3. a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right

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