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...
- 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...
- Ka (К к or K k; italics: К к or K k or К к or K k; italics: К к or K k) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiceless velar...
- El (Л л or Ʌ ʌ; italics Л л or 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...
- recommended that ironic statements should be printed in italics that lean the other way from conventional italics, also called Sartalics. Scare quotes are a particular...
- (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest...
- А (А а; italics: А а) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents an open central unrounded vowel /ä/, halfway between the pronunciation...
- Dzhe (Џ џ; italics: Џ џ or Џ џ; italics: Џ, џ), also spelled dže, is a letter of the Cyrillic script used in Macedonian and varieties of Serbo-Croatian...
- I (И и; italics: И и or И и; italics: И и) is a letter used in almost all Cyrillic alphabets with the exception of Belarusian. It commonly represents either...