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Typeface vs Italic - What's the difference?

typeface | italic |

In context|typography|lang=en terms the difference between typeface and italic

is that typeface is (typography) the particular design of some type a font, or a font family while italic is (typography) a typeface in which the letters slant to the right.

As nouns the difference between typeface and italic

is that typeface is (typography) the particular design of some type a font, or a font family while italic is (typography) a typeface in which the letters slant to the right.

As a adjective italic is

(typography|of a typeface or font) designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in italy in the 16th century.

typeface

English

(wikipedia typeface)

Alternative forms

* type face

Noun

(en noun)
  • (typography) The particular design of some type. A font, or a font family.
  • (printing) The surface of type which inked, or the impression it makes.

    • Synonyms

    * (typography) face

    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)
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  • (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