Definition of Italics. Meaning of Italics. Synonyms of Italics

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Definition of Italics

Italic
Italic 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.
Italic
Composite Com*pos"ite (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf. Compost.] 1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language. Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. --Landor. 2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.

Meaning of Italics from wikipedia

- history of Western typography. Owing to the influence from calligraphy, italics normally slant slightly to the right, like so. Different glyph shapes from...
- The Italics are Mine is the autobiography of Nina Berberova. It was first published in the 1960s. It was re-issued in 1992 following the success of her...
- (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) DTA - Democratic Turnhalle Alliance Bantustans in South West Africa Apartheid Presidents of...
- А (А а; italics: A ɑ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents an open central unrounded vowel /ä/, halfway between the pronunciation...
- Pe (П п; italics: П п) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the unaspirated voiceless bilabial plosive /p/, like the pronunciation...
- that are partially (but not entirely) located in Asia are shown here in italics, but GDP per capita figures are given for the whole state. Dependent territories...
- Er (Р р; italics: Р р) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the alveolar trill /r/, like the "rolled" sound in the Scottish pronunciation...
- appearances in La Liga. Players in bold are still active in La Liga. Players in italics are still active outside La Liga. As of 22 February 2025[update] Ranking...
- statements should be printed in leftward-slanting italics to distinguish from conventional rightward-slanting italics, also called Sartalics. Scare quotes are...
- El (Л л or Ʌ ʌ; italics: Л л or Ʌ ʌ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. El commonly represents the alveolar lateral approximant /l/. In Slavic languages...