Italic

n. italic type, form of type in which the letters lean to the right

Italic means "of or from Italy". The term is most commonly used to refer to the peoples and languages of what is now Italy from the historic period before the Roman Empire.It may especially refer to:Italic languagesAncient Italic peoplesOld Italic alphabetItalic type, used in typography for emphasis and for other reasons.
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Noun
1. a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
(synonym) Italic language
(hypernym) Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
(hyponym) Osco-Umbrian
Adjective
1. of or relating to the Italic languages; "ancient Italic dialects"
(pertainym) Italic, Italic language

Noun
1. a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
(hypernym) longhand, running hand, cursive, cursive script
(derivation) italicize, italicise
2. a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
(hypernym) font, fount, typeface, face
(derivation) italicize, italicise
Adjective
1. characterized by slanting characters; "italic characters"

(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.
  

(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.
  

şi tipogr. Italic