italic

Etymology
Named after the nation of Italy, as it was first used by an Italian printer,, around 1500. Literally.

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.

Usage notes

 * The sense of “oblique” is more recent, and still sometimes criticized, but is now by far the more common sense in everyday use.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: курсивен
 * Catalan: cursiva, itàlica
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, kursiivinen
 * French:
 * Galician: cursiva
 * German:
 * Hebrew: כְּתָב נָטוּי
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: iodálach
 * Italian:, corsiva
 * Japanese:
 * Ladino: italiko
 * Manx:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: clò eadailteach
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: ,

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.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Faroese: skákskrift, skráskrift
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Kursivdruck
 * Greek: πλάγιος χαρακτήρας
 * Icelandic: skáletur
 * Irish: cló iodálach, iodálaigh
 * Japanese: ,
 * Maori: tuhi tītaha
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: clò eadailteach
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Etymology
, from. .

Adjective

 * 1) Italic
 * 1) Italic