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Italic vs Italicized - What's the difference?

italic | italicized |

As an adjective italic

is designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.

As a noun italic

is a typeface in which the letters slant to the right.

As a proper noun Italic

is an Italic language.

As a verb italicized is

past tense of italicize.

italic

English

(wikipedia italic)

Alternative forms

* italick

Adjective

(-)
  • (typography, of a typeface or font) Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
  • (typography, of a typeface or font) Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.
    • The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.

    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.

    Synonyms

    * cursive * oblique

    Antonyms

    * (oblique) upright

    Derived terms

    * italicize * italics

    Related terms

    * roman * boldface

    Noun

  • (en noun)
    • really calligraphy? -->
  • (typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
  • * {{quote-book, 1902, Theodore Low DeVinne, The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition citation
    • , passage=Names of vessels, as the Kearsarge or the Alabama, are frequently put in italic .}}
  • * {{quote-book, 1983, Ida M. Kimber, The Art of Lettering, by=Albert Kapr citation
    • , passage=
  • An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
  • * {{quote-book, 1990, Albert Charles Hamilton, The Spenser Encyclopedia citation
    • , passage=Spenser uses two different scripts: an Elizabethan secretary hand for English texts, and an italic 'mixed' with secretary graphs for Latin texts

    See also

    * Italian * Italic * italical

    italicized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (italicize)

    • italicize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * italicise

    Verb

    (italiciz)
  • (typography) To put into italics.
  • (figuratively) To emphasize.