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Manuscript vs Italics - What's the difference?

manuscript | italics |

As nouns the difference between manuscript and italics

is that manuscript is a book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced while italics is (typography|pluralonly) letters in an italic typeface.

As an adjective manuscript

is handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

manuscript

English

(wikipedia manuscript)

Adjective

(-)
  • handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts , […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,
  • A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

    • Abbreviations

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    Derived terms

    * manuscriptal * manuscription

    Synonyms

    * handwrit * autograph * handwriting

    Related terms

    * script

    italics

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (typography, pluralonly) letters in an italic typeface.
    • There is no need to put the whole paragraph in italics .
  • (usually plural but sometimes singular in construction) exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence
  • * Margaret Long:
    • was yapping, her silly voice fraught with italics .
  • * W.J.Locke:
    • a woman who has an irritating way of speaking in italics

    See also

    * italic